# A malfunction or unexplained false signal of an aged satellite, unrelated to any explosion.

> Disputed: A malfunction or unexplained false signal of an aged satellite, unrelated to any explosion.

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Answer · 1979 Vela incident

# A malfunction or unexplained false signal of an aged satellite, unrelated to any explosion.

A malfunction or unexplained false signal of an aged satellite, unrelated to any explosion.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Similar false signals in Vela records ("zoo" events).
- No real corroboration.

## What would rule it out

- Independent corroboration of an explosion at the place and time.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[Vela 6911 had a memory fault from 1972 to 1978 and was beyond its design life.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/evidence/EVD0CW4X2M27N12/vela-6911-had-a-memory-fault-from-1972-to-1978-and-was)

Suggestive

FOR

[Laser calibration tests showed the bhangmeters operating nominally.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/evidence/EVD0CW4X33P2S9R/laser-calibration-tests-showed-the-bhangmeters-operating)

Suggestive

AGAINST

[The first pulse of Alert 747 is inconsistent with the few hundred unexplained signals from which the panel…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/evidence/EVD0CW4X2VW424P/the-first-pulse-of-alert-747-is-inconsistent-with-the-few)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Was the signal of 22 September 1979 a nuclear explosion?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/questions/QST0CW4WXZM2TV0/was-the-signal-of-22-september-1979-a-nuclear-explosion)

Most likelyA low-yield atmospheric nuclear test of a few kilotons, near the ocean surface

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A malfunction or unexplained false signal of an aged satellite, unrelated to any explosion. [Answer ANS0CW4X2C84Q4H]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CW4X2C84Q4H
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**ANS** 0CW4X2C84Q4H

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