Phenomenon: The Lost Archives Stolen Glory: The Cover-up of Cosmonaut Vladimir Ilyushin

A look at the theory that the first man in orbit was not Yuri Gagarin, but Vladimir Ilyushin, said to have made his flight days before Gagarin in 1961. The theory’s proponents claim the mission wasn’t entirely successful and was therefore covered up by Russia., Each episode of Phenomenon: The Lost Archives offers an in-depth exploration of an event that defies explication, or examines the untold secrets behind the stories you thought you knew. Hosted by Dean Stockwell, each tape investigates the facts behind the legends. In Phenomenon: The Lost Archives — Stolen Glory, the Cover-Up of Cosmonaut Vladimir Ilyushin, viewers investigate the strange case of Vladimir Ilyushin, a Russian cosmonaut whose journey into space predated that of Yuri Gagarin, long credited with the first manned space flight. Who was first? And if it was Ilyushin, why the cover-up?