Hello horror fans - and welcome back to Top 5 Scary Videos.
As always, I’ll be your host Jack Finch, and what a pleasure it is again to be popping
up on your television, personal computer - or handheld device - because /we’re here/ for
the paranormal, the unexplainable - and the downright weird.
Space is insanely cool - but it’s also super scary, so strap on in, as we take a look at
5 Scary Astronaut Stories.
Just hold up a hot minute though - because I’ve got a little bit of a surprise for
you all today.
Now, I’m a huge fan of all things astronomical - but there’s no one else on Earth better
suited for a Top Space List video, than my incredibly great friend - all the way from
the upper stratosphere of Most Amazing Top 10 - my boy Danny Burke.
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Now - if you’ve seen our recent string of Alien, Astronaut and UFO Phenomena videos
- then more power to you, but if not - jumping off at some strange sightings in stratospheric
space is a pretty swell start.
Danny: Coming in at Number 5 - we have James McDivitt.
James Alton “Jim” McDivitt was born on June 10th 1929, and lived his life under the
glorious title of NASA Astronaut.
He was commander under the Gemini 4 flight - where fellow pilot Ed White performed the
first ever U.S spacewalk, which paved the way toward the Moon Landings and modern space
exploration as we know it.
Later in life he became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations, and was the program manager for
the Apollo Spacecraft Missions, so he’s got quite a few feathers in his cap.
However - it was even weirder then, when James McDivitt claimed that he saw something very
weird while up in space.
During the 1965 Gemini 4 Mission, plainly put - James McDivitt saw a UFO.
So convinced of the fact, McDivitt even spoke about the event in an official interview with
Nasa.
He said, “I looked outside, glanced up - and there was something out there.
It had a geometrical shape similar to a beer can or a pop can.
It was all white.”
The press took hold of the story and went wild - and reports of the UFO went global.
It wasn’t until years later though, that McDivitt retracted on his statement and put
the whole thing to bed.
Or maybe, that’s just what the government told him to do.
Jack: Next up at Number 4, we have Yang Liwei.
Yang Liwei, born 21st June 1965 - is a major general, military pilot and astronaut of CNSA
- China’s equivalent of NASA.
In 2003 - he was the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program, gaining
national notoriety as a grade-A certified badass.
It was weirder still then, that during his maiden flight into space, he recalled hearing
a repeated knock on the body of the space vessel.
He described it as sounding like someone knocking on an iron bucket with a wooden hammer.
Imagine that, you’re alone in a tiny spacecraft - in the endless abyss of space, and then
you hear someone knocking, trying to get in.
Also, there’s the fact that space is a vacuum, and it's a given that there’s no medium
for sound to travel.
It got even weirder though - because in later separate missions, in 2005 and 2008, subsequent
astronauts reported similar sounds, with the same consistent knocking..
Well, who knows what it was, but whatever wanted to get
in - thankfully didn’t.
Yet.
Danny: Alright then, jumping in at Number 3 - we’ve got, Neil Armstrong.
The world’s most famous astronaut, Neil Alden Armstrong, was born on August 5th 1930
- and sadly passed away at the ripe old age of 82 in August of 2012.
During his time, Neil Armstrong was heralded as the first super-star-man and was at the
forefront of the world's fascination with space travel - after all, he was the first
man to walk on the moon, or in a film studio if you’re bored and angry.
But - several theorists believe that something entirely different went down whilst Neil took
his stroll on the moon.
According to retired chief of NASA Communications, Maurice Chatelain, only moments before Armstrong
stepped down the ladder to set his first step on the moon, two UFOs hovered overhead.
During this time, there were two minutes of radio silence, that NASA attributed to a television
camera overheating, which disrupted the reception.
Yeah right.
Well, what did Neil Armstrong say in those two silent minutes?
“These babies were huge, sir.
I’m telling you there are other spacecraft out here, lined up on the far side of the
craters edge.
They’re on the moon watching us.”
Mr. Armstrong kept his lips tightly sealed until he passed away, but there are some people
that still firmly believe that in 1969, not only did we land on the moon - but we may
have also discovered alien life.
This leaves conspiracy theorists with a bit of a dilema - how could NASA cover up the
alien meetings if it was all filmed on Earth?
Something has go to go - and it might reality.
Jack: And bringing it in at Number 2 - we have Vladimir Kovalyonok.
Phew - this one’s a bit of a doozy.
On May 5th, 1981 - Soviet hero and cosmonaut, Major General Vladimir Kovalyonok made a claim
that still perplexes people to this very day.
According to Vladimir, he had just finished doing some outer space maneuvering outside
the Salyut orbital space station, when he looked out of a porthole and saw something
that would make his hair stand on end.
Unlike in America though, Vladimir was encouraged to openly express exactly what he saw when
he returned home, where he described it in a Moscow press conference.
He began by saying that many cosmonauts had seen phenomena far beyond the experiences
of the people of Earth.
At the time of the mission, he was over an area of South Africa, moving towards an area
of the Indian ocean.
As he turned, he saw through a porthole an object which he could not explain.
And then - something happened that blew his mind - seemingly impossible according to the
laws of physics.
The object became elliptical, appearing to rotate in flight direction.
Before it could move forward - an explosion happened of bright, beautiful golden light,
followed by a second explosion.
After the blast, Vladimir saw a weird, white smoke - then a cloud-like sphere, before the
scene disappeared from his view.
Now - if you believe this guy, then what he describes kind of sounds like Faster Than
Light travel, and some alien species deciding they’d pop in to say hello, and show off
their technology.
Who knows?
But if you believe the Russian Cosmonaut, then who’s to say they’re not still out
there.
Danny: And finally, at our Number 1 spot, we’ve got Gordon Cooper.
Gordon Cooper AKA the first American to have a nap in space, during his 34-hour Mercury
9 mission which was launched in 1963.
Born in Oklahoma in 1927, Gordon Cooper was a pretty level headed, softly spoken guy,
and wracked up some incredibly valuable missions into space, as well as the critical research
that came with it.
He was possibly the most vocal advocate of the lifeforms that lurk in the depths of space.
So much so, that he even went to a United Nations conference to submit his extraterrestrial
claims.
During his 22-hour orbit trip around Earth, as he floated above Perth, Australia, Cooper
suddenly noticed a strange, green glowing object approaching the Mercury capsule that
he was flying in.
Sound weird?
Well, Gordon Cooper definitely thought so, and he was convinced that he was witnessing
some sort of Alien life in action.
Well - the object that he saw was actually picked up by a radar tracking station in Muchea,
Australia, and Cooper reported the incident via radio while he was on the mission.
When he landed - things got a little bit hush-hush, and Gordon Cooper’s incident was swept under
the rug.
When questioned, NBC reporters were explicitly told that he was unavailable for comment regarding
the strange, green sighting.
Well - what do you guys think?
What do you think, Jack?
Unfortunately, that’s all we’ve got time for today folks.
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