It seems I have found a new conspiracy theory to add to the Apollo Moon Hoax section.

An IRC buddy of mine seems to think that the landing was faked, for many of the reasons that have already been debunked of course, but this one really made me perk up.

He claims a (manned) Soviet orbiter crash-landed on the Moon, the cosmonaut inside survived and lived for two hours before expiring.

Now, I know this is extremely; extremely unlikely considering Russia was never able to make the manned Moon landing work. I am just curious if anyone has heard of this conspiracy theory, and if so, do you have any links that point to a confirmation that this is a real (and kooky) conspiracy theory?

Right now I think he is just reciting what he’s heard from a teacher and nothing more. Apparently this is from a Russian book on the Cold War that states the above, and also when Apollo 11 landed they (astronauts) placed a Soviet flag first to honor the fallen Cosmonaut.






* I did ask for the name of the book , who the cosmonaut was, or any other information that could be useful. He claims to not remember. =|