. . . I'm sure Soviet SIGINT was watching the Apollo missions with everything they had . . .
I was in Florida on family vacation with my folks, and a few days before Apollo 11 liftoff, we chartered a boat out of the Keys and went deep sea fishing. We encountered a Russian trawler - with a
lot of antennae - somewhere beyond the 12-mile limit. Gee, wonder what they were doing there?
We were in Winterhaven at liftoff - we watched it on TV, then went outside and 'way in the distance, we saw the bright orange flame of the Saturn V rising from the horizon. With binoculars - and a good dose of my youthful imagination - I could see a little black dot at the apex of the flame . . . the rocket, no doubt.