Short Film: The Alleged Story Of The Cosmonaut Who Burned In Space

Short Film: The Alleged Story Of The Cosmonaut Who Burned In Space

The brothers Achille and Giovanni Judica-Cordiglia claim they recorded the voice of a Russian cosmonaut as her capsule burned in re-entry on November 1963. This short film contains that recording and dramatises the events. No matter if it’s true or not, the short film is terrifying.

This is the translation of the audio allegedly captured by the brothers:

five…four…three …two…one…one

two…three…four…five…

come in… come in… come in…

LISTEN…LISTEN! …COME IN!

COME IN… COME IN… TALK TO ME!

TALK TO ME!… I AM HOT!… I AM HOT!

WHAT?… FORTYFIVE?… WHAT?…

FORTYFIVE?… FIFTY?…

YES…YES…YES… BREATHING…

BREATHING… OXYGEN…

OXYGEN… I AM HOT… (THIS)

ISN’T THIS DANGEROUS?… IT’S ALL…

ISN’T THIS DANGEROUS?… IT’S ALL…

YES…YES…YES… HOW IS THIS?

WHAT?… TALK TO ME!… HOW SHOULD I

TRANSMIT? YES…YES…YES…

WHAT? OUR TRANSMISSION BEGINS NOW…

FORTYONE… THIS WAY… OUR

TRANSMISSION BEGINS NOW…

FORTYONE… THIS WAY… OUR

TRANSMISSION BEGINS NOW…

FORTYONE… YES… I FEEL HOT…

I FEEL HOT… IT’S ALL… IT’S HOT…

I FEEL HOT… I FEEL HOT… I FEEL HOT…

… I CAN SEE A FLAME!… WHAT?…

I CAN SEE A FLAME!… I CAN SEE A

FLAME!…

I FEEL HOT… I FEEL HOT… THIRTYTWO…

THIRTYTWO… FORTYONE… FORTYONE

AM I GOING TO CRASH?… YES…YES… I FEEL HOT!…

I FEEL HOT!… I WILL REENTER!… I WILL REENTER…

I AM LISTENING!… I FEEL HOT!…

While it sounds real, there’s no proof that any of this is true. The brothers claim they recorded several Soviet space missions from their radio station at Torre Bert, which are part of the Lost Cosmonauts conspiracy theory — the idea that the Soviet Union had several fatal manned mission failures that were suppressed during the Cold War years to avoid bad publicity.

I don’t care if it’s true or not. It’s a terrifying thing to watch and listen to either way.


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