# Atmospheric fallout from 1950s testing, concentrated by weeks in meltwater.

> Still possible: Atmospheric fallout from 1950s testing, concentrated by weeks in meltwater.

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# Atmospheric fallout from 1950s testing, concentrated by weeks in meltwater.

Atmospheric fallout from 1950s testing, concentrated by weeks in meltwater.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionDeduced0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: none pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Comparable levels on control samples from the region, or on all bodies.

## What would rule it out

- Levels well above what fallout and water concentration can produce, confined to some items.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The 1959 expert noted that water flow could have reduced rather than raised the contamination, implying…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dyatlov-pass/evidence/EVD0D79DTYC3VCD/the-1959-expert-noted-that-water-flow-could-have-reduced)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

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Most likelyTwo members (Krivonishenko and Kolevatov) had worked at or near nuclear facilities and their clothing carried…

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