“One of the versions is that the soldier launched a meteorological pilot balloon.
This is a device weighing about a kilogram.
If the plane collides with it with the glazing of the lantern at high speed, it will not seem a little.
At the same time, the ball itself cannot be discerned in advance when flying at high speed, ”RIA Novosti quoted Volynov as saying.
At the same time, he noted that there are many versions of Gagarin's death.
"Can not understand anything.
There are many versions, which of them is true - it is impossible to find out, ”he noted.
The cosmonaut also said that he is a member of the commission to investigate the causes of the tragedy.
The first cosmonaut of the Earth, Yuri Gagarin, died on March 27, 1968 during a MiG-15UTI training flight near the village of Novoselovo, Kirzhachsky District, Vladimir Region.
Earlier, Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, Sergei Kud-Sverchkov, Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov, who are on board the ISS, congratulated the Russians on Cosmonautics Day.