Top 3 Science Conspiracies, Theories and Hoaxes

1. The Lost Cosmonaut
   Lost Cosmonauts, or Phantom Cosmonauts, is a conspiracy theory alleging that cosmonauts entered outer space, but without their existence having been acknowledged by either the Soviet or Russian space authorities.
   
   Proponents of the Lost Cosmonauts theory concede that Yuri Gagarin was the first man to survive space travel, but claim that the Soviet Union attempted to launch two or more manned space flights prior to Gagarin's, and that at least two cosmonauts died in the attempts. Another cosmonaut, Vladimir Ilyushin, is believed to have landed off-course and been held by the Chinese government. The Government of the Soviet Union supposedly suppressed this information, to prevent bad publicity during the height of the Cold War.
   
   The evidence cited to support Lost Cosmonaut theories is generally not regarded as conclusive, and several cases have been confirmed as hoaxes. In the 1980s, American journalist James Oberg researched space-related disasters in the Soviet Union, but found no evidence of these Lost Cosmonauts.[1] Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, much previously restricted information is now available. Even with the availability of published Soviet archival material and memoirs of Russian space pioneers, no hard evidence has emerged to support the Lost Cosmonaut stories.
   Confirmed hoaxes
   
   A number of claims have been confirmed as hoaxes:
   Ivan Istochnikov
   
   Officially Soyuz 2 was an unmanned spacecraft that was the docking target for Soyuz 3. However, Mike Arena, an American journalist, found in 1993 that Ivan Istochnikov and his dog Kloka were manning Soyuz 2, and disappeared on October 26, 1968, with signs of having been hit by a meteorite. They had been "erased" from history by the Soviet authorities, who could not tolerate such a failure.[20]
   
   The entire story was found to be a hoax perpetrated by Joan Fontcuberta,[21] as a 'modern art exercise' that included falsified mission artifacts, various digitally manipulated images, and immensely detailed feature-length biographies that turned out to be riddled with hundreds of historical as well as technical errors. The exhibit was shown in Madrid in 1997 and the National Museum of Catalan Art in 1998. Brown University later purchased several articles, and put them on display themselves.
   
   Mexico's Luna Cornea magazine however, failed to notice this, and ran issue number 14 (January/April 1998) with photos, and a story explaining the tragic and as-yet-untold truth.[22]

Drama Pemadaman Kilang Pertamina Cilacap

Dalam genting, sorot lampu 250 sepeda motor dipakai menerangi pendaratan pesawat bantuan.

Kebakaran kilang Pertamina Cilacap

Tangki minyak 31T02 di kilang pengolahan refinery unit IV Cilacap, Jawa Tengah, meledak, dini hari kemarin, Sabtu, 2 April 2011. Kobaran api yang cukup dahsyat tak terkendali dan menjilat dua tangki di dekatnya, 31T03 dan 31T07.

Tangki 31T03 meledak sekitar 10 jam kemudian, pukul 15.00. Disusul tangki 31T07 yang meledak pukul 19.00. Tiga tangki itu yang terbakar berisi high octane mogas component (HOMC) atau bahan pembantu pembuatan BBM.