Mystery AtlasVela Nuclear-Test Theory
The theory that the 1979 Vela incident's double flash was a genuine low-yield atmospheric nuclear detonation, most likely a joint Israeli-South African test, supported by the CIA's contemporaneous 90-percent-plus probability assessment and later hydroacoustic and radionuclide evidence.
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- 1979 Vela Incident22 September 1979
Vela Nuclear-Test Theory attempts to explain 1979 Vela Incident.
Theories & Explanations
Vela Nuclear-Test Theory contradicts Vela Meteoroid-Strike Theory.
Documents & Sources
Vela Nuclear-Test Theory is supported by Wright & De Geer Vela Reanalysis (2017-2018) — Presented hydroacoustic data and Australian iodine-131 findings consistent with a low-yield atmospheric nuclear test.