"The first high-altitude piloted balloon observation missions were launched in the late-1950s as part of the U.S. Navy’s Strato-Lab program. Between 1958 and 1959, the U.S. Navy launched four separate missions for numerous celestial observations high up in the atmosphere." - https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/hubble-there-was-operation-stargazer

This is a real thing that went down, checkout the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K3u0rEmOoo its a minute long, Watch till the end and you'll see what i mean.

i cant believe this was passed off as real.