On April the 12th 1961 I was there when the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was sent into space, I am john jay, CIA agent undercover spying on the Russian space station under the name of yakov gulukavich to steal and uncover secrets on how they have constructed a rocket and here I am seeing that we lost the race of the first man in space.
I watched him get selected out of 19 pilots for the soviet space program and he was chosen. I also observed when they asked the pilots which other person they would like to see to first be in space and all but three chose Gagarin. When I told my superior officers at the CIA they replyed that he would be able to take the force from the launch, but even so I believed he could.
I watched as they sent him into space hoping that something went wrong but even though we had the advantage on landing in water, they still beat us considering that they had to land on the ground.
Through the heavy cheers he commented “I see earth it is so beautiful” and through these words he also told us that he couldn’t see us but couldn’t see God.
As he re-entered earth’s orbit, just before impact he ejected from the craft and launched his parachute and landed finally, as we rushed up to greet him he walked slowly towards us, we backed away and he remarked “don’t be afraid fellow Russians” he placed his hand on my shoulder” I’m a fellow soviet like you” and he smiled at me.
Yani