Astronauts’ Most Disturbing Space Encounters

“The most disturbing things astronauts have ever said…” In 2003, China’s first astronaut,

Yang Liwei, was alone in space… when he heard knocking on the outside of his spaceship.

Not metal creaking. Not debris. He said it sounded like someone hitting an iron bucket with

a wooden hammer. No explanation. Still a mystery. In 1969, during Apollo 11,

Neil Armstrong suddenly switched channels and said: “They’re here. They’re watching

us.” Then—radio silence. Two minutes of audio still missing to this day.

And in 1995, NASA astronaut Story Musgrave claimed he saw something else…

A white, eight-foot-long snake floating in space. Rubbery.