I'm convinced that at the very center of it you have conventional but advanced top secret craft, counterintelligence and normal spy vs spy stuff. Everything else is a circus of lies, memes, folklore and psyops though.
Look up Paul Bennewitz[0]. I think that story is the closest we'll ever get to "the truth."
Look up Paul Bennewitz[0]. I think that story is the closest we'll ever get to "the truth."
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bennewitz