Sausages And Saucers: The Quirks Of Space Travel

It's been a big day for declassified mid-century space documents.

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of manned space flight on April 12, Russia has released some secret documents that include a conversation between Yuri Gagarin and his mission control. They don't make him seem all that heroic.

Also today, the Huffington Post points to a newly available cache of FBI documents that includes the so-called Hottel Memo, claimed by some to be proof that the U.S. government has made contact with aliens. But HuffPo concludes with the buzz-killing International Business Times, which claims the memo is still bunk.

[Via Agence France-Press/Yahoo News, Huffington Post]