# A nearby weapons test (rocket, parachute mines) injured or terrified the group and was then covered up.

> Disputed: A nearby weapons test (rocket, parachute mines) injured or terrified the group and was then covered up.

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Answer · Dyatlov Pass incident

# A nearby weapons test (rocket, parachute mines) injured or terrified the group and was then covered up.

A nearby weapons test (rocket, parachute mines) injured or terrified the group and was then covered up.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A documented test on the night of 1–2 February 1959 in the northern Urals.
- Blast or chemical traces at the site; burns or blast injuries on the bodies.

## What would rule it out

- Absence of any documented test, and injuries consistent with blunt impact rather than blast.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Glowing spheres were reported in the region in February 1959, and Ivanov later said he was told not to pursue…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DQ964TNN/glowing-spheres-were-reported-in-the-region-in-february-1959)

Suggestive

FOR

[No test on that date and place has been documented; the bodies show no burns or blast injuries.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DQH05E9X/no-test-on-that-date-and-place-has-been-documented-the)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What made nine experienced ski-tourers cut their way out of the tent and leave it, underdressed, in the dark?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/questions/QST0D79DJCY4S3V/what-made-nine-experienced-ski-tourers-cut-their-way-out-of)

Most likelyA small slab avalanche, released from the wind-loaded slope above the cut the group made to level the tent,…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A nearby weapons test (rocket, parachute mines) injured or terrified the group and was then covered up. [Answer ANS0D79DQ1C0Q1W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D79DQ1C0Q1W
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