10 NASA astronauts, 1964-67

On 27 January 1967, two years

before the first moon landing,
Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White
and Roger Chaffee were killed in a
devastating fire on the Apollo 1
launchpad during a full scale
launch simulation. Grissom was
greatly liked by his peers, was a
strong character, and occupied a
central position in the NASA space
program. Many had predicted that
it would be Grissom who would be
the first to walk on the moon.
But Grissom was also an
outspoken critic of the program. Among his last words before he died, when there was a
communications failure with the capsule just prior to the fire, were: "How are we going to get to the
moon when we can't communicate between two buildings?"
Moments later, the capsule burst into flames with the astronauts sealed inside. They were
consumed by the fire with no chance to escape. His widow Betty and his son Scott both still
maintain that the astronauts were killed deliberately by sabotage and that their many questions
have never been adequately answered.
Clark McClelland and John Lear insist that there was also a fourth astronaut who died in the
capsule, a member of an alternative space program... the "real" one, employing top secret
advanced technology, which was highly classified. After the fire, according to McClelland and Lear, a
heavy cover-up ensued that continues to this day. (Please see Project Camelot's interview with John
Lear for more details. Lear states that the fourth astronaut's name is known.)
Thomas Ronald Baron was a safety inspector in Apollo 1's construction. After the
fire, Baron testified before Congress that the Apollo program was in such
disarray that the United States would never make it to the moon. He claimed his
opinions made him a target, and on 21 April 1967 reported on camera to news
reporters that he and his wife had been harassed at home. As part of his
testimony Baron submitted a 500 page report detailing his findings. Exactly one
week after he testified, Baron's car was struck by a train and he, his wife and his
stepdaughter were all killed instantly. Baron's report mysteriously disappeared,
and to this day it has never been found.
The Apollo program continued, and so did the string of untimely deaths. Between the years of 1964
and 1967 a total of 10 astronauts lost their lives in freak accidents. These deaths accounted for an
astonishing 15% of NASA's astronaut corps.
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