HAT-1 Miracle

The HAT-1 Miracle refers to an incident in which Solomon Starbuck managed to return the GYAXA spacecraft, HAT-1, safely to Earth despite a malfunction which made such a feat all but impossible.

In reality, the incident occurred due to HAT-1 being sabotaged by The Phantom, for an unknown organization or government.

The events were turned into a movie.

The True Events
To the public, The HAT-1 Miracle was thought to have occurred due to malfunctions, but they were actually caused due to a bombing, which sabotaged the rocket. The bombing was the work of The Phantom, an international spy who was working on behalf of an unknown organization/government. The motive for the events were thought to be a sabotage on behalf of the space race.

Triva

 * The public's interpretation of The HAT-1 Miracle bears some resemblance to Apollo 13, refereed to by some as "The Apollo Miracle". Both involve spacecraft's having multiple malfunctions, before returning to Earth again against all odds, and both have had movies based on the real life events.