Ah, the UCS. Helping America’s enemies since it was founded through stupidity, blindness and/or design.
Not quite as bad as the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), long run by Jeremy Stone, the son of identified Communist Party USA member and paid KGB agent I.F. “Izzy” Stone.
Look them up at www.DiscoverTheNetwork.org and www.keywiki.org for some interesting information.
The Union of Communist Scientists.
I thought the reported failure of this satellite was a cover story.
Maybe it exploded over Michigan. Easy enough to plant a few rocky pieces on Bass lake to fool amateurs for a while. (Was right over my head, or so it seemed)