What if the Cosmos 96 Was a Russian Satellite?

If there really was an extra terrestrial thing, then how on or off earth, could it be kept secret for so long? That's asking a lot, especially of people already. The russian and American forces at this time had sort of handshake g with a, you know, if some, if one, if a us Satellite falls in something under the russian sphere of influence. So their purpose was kind of to secretly get around this,. This informal agreement may not have always been the case, but it would explain mass of secrecy.