# Artifacts: The 1979 Vela incident

> The 13 artifacts of The 1979 Vela incident: photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

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**MYS** 0CW4WNP04GV8·[The 1979 Vela incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident)

# Artifacts 13

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

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[Photograph: The 1979 Vela incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4WNE613DW/photograph-the-1979-vela-incident)

Los Alamos National Laboratory · Attribution

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[Vela 6911 bhangmeter records of Alert 747 (YCA and YVA traces): document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XANW6R9N/vela-6911-bhangmeter-records-of-alert-747-yca-and-yva-traces)

Office of Science and Technology Policy Ad Hoc Panel · Public domain (US government work)

Document3 steps from object

[Vela 6911 bhangmeter records of Alert 747 (YCA and YVA traces): document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XAXP1SMY/vela-6911-bhangmeter-records-of-alert-747-yca-and-yva-traces)

Christopher M. Wright and Lars-Erik De Geer · publisher

Document2 steps from object

[Thyroid glands of sheep slaughtered in Melbourne, October–November 1979, and their gamma spectra: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XBN46DK2/thyroid-glands-of-sheep-slaughtered-in-melbourne)

Lars-Erik De Geer and Christopher M. Wright · publisher

Photo3 steps from object

[Vela 6911 bhangmeter records of Alert 747 (YCA and YVA traces): picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XC4R21CM/vela-6911-bhangmeter-records-of-alert-747-yca-and-yva-traces)

Office of Science and Technology Policy Ad Hoc Panel · Public domain (US government work)

Document2 steps from object

[Naval Research Laboratory hydroacoustic report on the 22 September 1979 event: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XCMC3TEW/naval-research-laboratory-hydroacoustic-report-on-the-22)

Robert A. Martin, State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research · Public domain (US government work)

Photo3 steps from object

[Naval Research Laboratory hydroacoustic report on the 22 September 1979 event: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XD404V45/naval-research-laboratory-hydroacoustic-report-on-the-22)

US Department of State · Public domain (US government work)

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[The OSTP Ad Hoc Panel report on the September 22 event (Ruina panel): scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XDKM25PT/the-ostp-ad-hoc-panel-report-on-the-september-22-event-ruina)

Office of Science and Technology Policy · Public domain (US government work)

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[The OSTP Ad Hoc Panel report on the September 22 event (Ruina panel): picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XDVE2GMX/the-ostp-ad-hoc-panel-report-on-the-september-22-event-ruina)

Office of Science and Technology Policy · Public domain (US government work)

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["The South Atlantic Mystery Flash: Nuclear or Not?" (DIA paper): scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XE384EP8/the-south-atlantic-mystery-flash-nuclear-or-not-dia-paper)

Defense Intelligence Agency · Public domain (US government work)

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["The South Atlantic Mystery Flash: Nuclear or Not?" (DIA paper): picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XEJW2TRZ/the-south-atlantic-mystery-flash-nuclear-or-not-dia-paper)

Defense Intelligence Agency · Public domain (US government work)

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[NSC memorandum of 22 October 1979 with the discussion paper on the South Atlantic event: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XEJW70QW/nsc-memorandum-of-22-october-1979-with-the-discussion-paper)

National Security Council · Public domain (US government work)

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[NSC memorandum of 22 October 1979 with the discussion paper on the South Atlantic event:…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/copies/CPY0CW4XFAA6QQ9/nsc-memorandum-of-22-october-1979-with-the-discussion-paper)

National Security Council · Public domain (US government work)