Three Dead Cosmonauts on This Day in History

This day in history: Soviet cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died on this day in 1971 when their Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurized during preparations for re-entry. These are the only reported human deaths outside the Earth's atmosphere.

Or were they the only human deaths outside the Earth's atmosphere?

There is also something called the Lost Cosmonauts (Phantom Cosmonauts) Theory. This theory alleges that Soviet and Russian space authorities have concealed the deaths of some cosmonauts in outer space. Proponents of the Lost Cosmonauts theory argue that the Soviet Union attempted to launch human spaceflights before Yuri Gagarin's first spaceflight, and that cosmonauts onboard died in those attempts. 

The idea of phantom cosmonauts gained traction because the Soviet Union’s early space program was shrouded in quite a bit of mystery. The Soviets denied all of these allegations, and while they were always eager to cover up any embarrassing incidents behind the Iron Curtain. 

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