In the cold morning on March 27, 1968, the sky of the Kirzhach area in the Vladimir region was pierced by the engine's roar. A jet fighter crashed straight through the clouds, cut off the trees and exploded shortly thereafter. A piece of clothes on Aries, in the pocket is an unused breakfast voucher with the name "Gagarin Yu. A.".
The shocking death of the aresman Gagarin has begun a large-scale investigation in secret. 55 years have passed, and the unclear results to this day continue to produce rumors about the cause of the disaster.
In 1960, leader Nikita Khrushchev, Putin's successor, chose Yuri Gagarin as the space traveler to carry out the mission on the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
Gagarin became a star when he successfully landed on a historic 108-minute flight. Accordingly, just 1 day after returning to earth, Gagarin was promoted from lieutenant to major.
A red carpet was spread on the podium, along which were cheers, cameras, and Gagarin walking on the way to Khrushchev's medal with untimely shoelaces.
A separate celebration in the halls of the Kremlin lasted another 3 hours; a meeting for foreign press was scheduled for the next day. Gagarin has little time but still has to visit 30 countries according to the arrangement of the Soviet government.
In almost every country, Gagarin has to participate in meetings, refreshments, speeches and solemn breakfasts with leaders. The stern hero has lived under that regime for nearly 3 years, and the previous working habit of an astronaut has also gradually been forgotten.
Finally, Gagarin's name also disappeared from the front pages of world media. The 30-year-old colonel at the peak of his fame had to return to normal life. Gagarin attends classes at the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, where he plans to return to long-term service in the aerial combat.
His colleagues confirmed that after many years of participating in tours, Gagarin has lost his combat pilot status and needs to be retrained.
Therefore, the training flight of Gagarin and his tour guide Vladimir Seregin took place on March 27, 1968, but the results were contrary to his expectations, causing many people to be skeptical.
The Gagarin and Seregin aircraft took off at Chkalovsky at 10:18, just 12 minutes later, Gagarin reported completing the mission excellently and asking for permission and returning to the base, 8 minutes earlier than expected. However, the "universe hero" plane did not receive another signal.
Assuming the pilot's skills caused the accident is considered too mediocre because the two people on the plane both have a lot of experience. However, this is the most reasonable and suitable hypothesis for the situation.
According to RT, the mediocrity of the hypothesis also explains its secretion.
According to historian Anatoliy Brusnikin, the Soviet Union prefers to spread many rumors than admit simple mistakes in the process of preparing and carrying out training flights.
