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The Soviet moon landing hoax that panicked the CIA, and the Zond mission that made it possible

In 1968, Western stations intercepted Soviet cosmonauts calmly announcing a Moon landing, and for a moment it sounded like the space race was over. The truth was stranger, a real circumlunar mission ...
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Zond 5 and the Soviet 'moon landing' broadcast that terrified NASA, until the truth came out

In September 1968, Western intelligence intercepted Soviet transmissions that sounded like cosmonauts landing on the Moon, and for a moment, NASA feared the worst. What they were really hearing was a ...