Yuri Gagarin - Wikiquote I looked and looked but I didn't see God. As quoted in To Rise from Earth ... When Yuri Gagarin, the first man who went into ... "So tell me, my child," he asked Gagarin, "did you see God up there?'" Gagarin hesitated and replied "No sir, I did not." "Don't tell anyone." Anecdote in New Age ... [Search domain en.wikiquote.org] en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin
More results Did Yuri Gagarin Say He Didn't See God in Space? - A ... Did Yuri Gagarin Say He Didn't See God in Space? Colonel ... We went there, of course, and something happened there that ... and Komsomol [Young Communists] organizations to boost such propaganda. He said: "Why are you clinging to God? Here Gagarin flew into space and didn't see God."
That is the narrative. But other sources, such as this article, say those words were put in his mouth by Khrushchev. Then if there is a recording ... that would settle it.