Welcome back everyone - were heading into
space for todays video. If space is your kind of thing then check
out our Top 10 Scary NASA Urban Legends right up here - today though, were sharing real
accounts of people who have been to space - the scary things they experienced, the unexplained
sightings, and the memories that haunted them for years after. My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top
10 Scary Astronaut Stories. Starting off at number 10 we have The Knocking[a]. In 2003, Yang Liewei became the first Chinese
person in space. It was a historic occasion, but its also become
famous for a very creepy occurrence. In 2016, Yang told an interview that he heard
someone knocking on the outside of the spaceship. He described it as sounding like a wooden
hammer hitting an iron bucket. Terrified, he true to peek out of the porthole
but couldn't see anything outside. When he got back to Earth, Yang described
the sound to experts, he even tried to recreate it for them - but nobody could identify it. In the years since, many people have tried
to explain this strange phenomenon. Some say it could have been some space debris
but others say that this is unlikely as space debris is few and far between. Others claim it could be the expanding and
contracting of the shit due the the changing temperature of the spaceship has it orbited
the Earth. Even though thats the leading theory, many
people have their own theories about aliens or time travelers being responsible for the
mysterious knocking sound … Moving on to number 9 we have Alien Music[b]. In 1969, American astronauts Tom Stafford,
Gene Cernan and John Young went to the far side of the moon for the Apollo 10 mission. It was going to be the final test before Apollo
11 took 3 humans to walk on the surface of the moon for the first time. When the Apollo 10 astronauts were orbiting
round the moon, they took photographs of its surface. As they were working away, they began to hear
music - specifically, they heard a strange whistling sound that lasted nearly an hour. When it faded away, Commander Cernan said
-Boy, that sure is weird music. Were going to have to find out about that-
… Pilot Young replied -Nobody would believe us- … and for the most part - they were
right! Many people couldn't explain the sound they
claimed to have heard and so they didnt believe it. The leading theory is that it the sound came
from radio interference between spacecrafts. Some people have dismissed that though and
have insisted that the astronauts would have known the difference between radio interference
and their -spacey music- … Coming at number 8 we have Snakes In Space[c]. In 1994, Dr Story Musgrave did an interview
where he described his career as an astronaut, and one particular time which shocks him to
this today. He said -On two of my missions, and I still
don’t have an answer, I have seen a snake out there. Six, seven, eight feet long. It is rubbery because it has internal waves
in it, and it follows you for a rather long period of time. The more you fly in space the more you see
an incredible amount of things out there, and that sort of thing brings to you, really,
a certainty that other living creatures are out there- … usually an account like this
would be dismissed but Musgrave is a Doctor, he had 6 academic degrees, is a trained mathematician,
he was in the marine corps AND was a NASA astronaut. He seems like a credible witness. He believes there are advanced creatures existing
in space itself and that he has even tried to communicate with them in the hopes that
they come down and get him. Next up at number 7 we have Docking[d]. In 1995, famous Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield
had his first space flight. His job was to relay the speed and range information
to the pilot as they were docking into the Russian Mir Space Station. His job was to relay information to the pilot
- any mistakes could have been a disaster. Too soft and they would have bounced off,
two hard and they would have broke the space station in half, killing the 3 people on board. Everything was going smoothly but then, one
of the sensors started telling them that they were 32 feet away, the other said 20ft. If they didnt solve the problem in 30 seconds,
it was over for them. Hadfield had to calculate how far they were
away, timing it with his stopwatch to decide when they should fire their thrusters. Luckily, they ended up being spot on and docked
almost perfectly. It took a few minutes before the astronauts
began to realise they had done it - they had avoided a space disaster, and they had lived
to tell the tale. Moving on to number 6 now we have Impossible[e]. On May 5 1981, Russian cosmonaut Vladimir
Kovalyonok looked out of his porthole on the Salyut orbital space station. He then saw something which seemed inexplicable. When he returned to Earth, he told the world
at a conference what he saw. He said -Many cosmonauts have seen phenomena
which are far beyond the experiences of earthmen. For ten years I never spoke on such things. The encounter you ask me about happened on
May 5, 1981, at about 6PM, during the Saljut Mission. At that time we were over the area of South
Africa, moving towards the area of the Indian ocean. I just made some gymnastic exercises, when
I saw in front of me, through a porthole, an object which I could not explain … I
saw this object and then something happened that I could not explain, something impossible
according to the laws of physics. The object had this shape, elliptical, and
few with us. From a frontal view it looked like it would
rotate in flight direction. It only few straight, but then a kind of explosion
happened, very beautiful to watch, of golden light. This was the first part. Then, one or two seconds later, a second explosion
followed somewhere else and two spheres appeared, golden and very beautiful. After this explosion, I just saw white smoke,
then a cloud-like sphere. Before we entered the darkness, we flew through
the terminator, the twilight zone between day and night. We flew eastwards, and when we entered the
darkness of the Earth shadow, I could not see them any longer. The two spheres never returned.- … there
have rarely been descriptions so vivid and detailed - and many people who here Kovalyonoks
story hold it up as proof of UFOs. Moving on now to number 5 we have Toxic[f]. In the mid 90s, Bob Curbeam took part in his
first spacewalk as an astronaut. Unfortunately, disaster struck when a connector
to a hose began to leak, spraying toxic amonia all over him. He couldn't get back inside the space station
covered in the stuff. He managed to stay calm and fix the leak - but
he was still contaminated. He came up with a plan - Amonia has a low
boiling point, so Bob decided to bake himself in the sunlight of space for an extra 30 minutes
in order to vaporize the Amonia off him. He had to just sit out there, in space, hoping
that he got all the amonia off and that he didnt poison the crew and himself back on
the station. It was a success, his plan worked - but it
was one of the most surreal and scary moments an astronaut could ever experience … Next up at number 4 we have The Lights[g]. In 2005, astronaut Leroy Chiao was commander
on the International Space station for over 6 months. He was once doing a spacewalk to repair some
atennas when something caught his eye. He saw some lights that seemed to be in a
line, almost like an upside down check mark. They flew right past him but his fellow astronaut
didnt see because they were facing the other way. When he described the sighting to those back
on the ground, they dismissed it as a fishing boat hundreds of miles below him. Chiao himself has stated that he doesnt believe
theres ever been any tangible evidence that someone else is visiting Earth or has done
so in the past. He has simply told his story, and is leaving
the explaining up to everyone else. Coming in at number 3 we have The Drifter[h]. For some people, their biggest fear about
space is the feeling of drifting away from the space station - unable to claw themself
back. Well, Scott Parazynski may have had the closest
experience to that. He was performing a space walk when a jammed
solar panel threatened the safety of the entire space station and the crew inside it. After 72 hours, NASA came up with a plan. Scott was told to travel further away from
the safety of an airlock than had ever been attempted. He later said in an interview -There was a
real danger that we could do even worse damage to the Space Station. Then there was the potential of risk to myself,
because if there was any metal to metal connection with the solar panel, or arcing, it could
actually electrocute me or cause ignition of the 100% oxygen in my spacesuit.- … the
stakes were high but Scott succeeded. Disaster was averted - but Scotts heroics
are still not known by many. Moving on to number 2 we have The Secret Transmission[i]. In 1975, retired Chief of NASA Communications
Systems Maurice Chatelain published his book Our Cosmic Ancestors. In it, he made an extraordinary claim about
the first manned mission to the moon. He said -Only moments before Armstrong stepped
down the ladder to set foot on the Moon, two UFOs hovered overhead. Edwin Aldrin took several pictures of them. Some of these photographs have been published
in the June 1975 issue of Modern People Magazine- … this claim was linked to the story that
there were two minutes of radio silence after Armstrong set foot on the moon. People claim that the lost audio was him saying
-These babies were huge, sir! Enormous! Oh, God! You wouldn’t believe it! I’m telling you there are other spacecraft
out here … lined up on the far side of the crater’s edge! They’re on the moon watching us!- … of
course, all of this is speculation. An actual recording of this audio or the pictures
have never surfaced. That either means it didnt happen or its been
covered up very well. Either way its a creepy story. And finally at number 1 we have The Green
Bolt[j]. Gordon Cooper was a well known astronaut who
flew on the Mercury 9 and Gemini 5 missions. He was the last American to fly alone in space. In 1963, he flew aboard the Mercury capsule
for a circumnavigational trip around the world. Everything seemed to be going OK, then, on
his final orbit, as he passed over Perth Australia, he saw a green object swing towards him at
an incredible speed. At first, he thought it was just a figment
of his imagination. There have been times where pilots and astronauts
have seen objects like this but their equipment detects nothing. This time was different though. The Muchea Tracking Station in Western Australia
picked the object up on their radar. That was huge. Now he had something solid to back up his
own experience. He reported the incident to the National Broadcasting
company. When he returned to Earth, he was eager to
tell his side of the story - but Gordon claims he was approached by NBC reporters who told
him they had been instructed to not question him about the sighting. All of this has fanned the fire of a UFO conspiracy. So there we have it - some stories from space
- its a fascinating topic but as this video showed, there are scary sides to everything. Which was your favourite? While you think about that Im gonna read out
a comment from my Top 10 Lyrics You Never Realized Were Creepy Video. Remix ccc CBC said -He knows when youre sleeping. He knows when youre awake. How bout dat?- … yes! Now that I think about it, Santa Claus is
coming to town IS quite a creepy song. Or maybethe whole idea of an old guy with
a beard watching people all year, even when theyre asleep, and judging their behaviour
is actually the creepy thing. Well, Merry Christmas to that! Keep the comments coming in, thanks for watching
guys, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!
