# Naval Research Laboratory hydroacoustic report on the 22 September 1979 event

> Prepared by a team of up to 75 NRL staff from MILS and SOSUS hydrophone data. The report and the data remain classified. Its main findings are summarised…

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# Naval Research Laboratory hydroacoustic report on the 22 September 1979 event

Document4 pagesPublic domainSeveral hundred pages, forwarded to the White House 30 June 1980

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Prepared by a team of up to 75 NRL staff from MILS and SOSUS hydrophone data. The report and the data remain classified. Its main findings are summarised in a declassified letter of 11 December 1980 from the NRL research director, Alan Berman, to the Office of Science and Technology Policy, which De Geer & Wright call NRLRD-80.

Robert A. Martin, State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1980. Public domain

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**Document** Robert A. Martin, State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research · nsarchive.gwu.edu · 1980-06-17 · Public domain (US government work)Primary source: [Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Analysis of Data Relevant to 22 September 1979 Possible Nuclear Event](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CW4WPX21NJN/naval-research-laboratory-nrl-analysis-of-data-relevant-to)2 steps from the original

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## Where it was made

[Ascension Island hydrophone array](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CW4WP5M7WJD/ascension-island-hydrophone-array) · Hydroacoustic station

## Sources 1

- [The 22 September 1979 Vela Incident: Radionuclide and Hydroacoustic Evidence for a Nuclear Explosion](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CW4WMYJ4E2N/the-22-september-1979-vela-incident-radionuclide-and)_SRC_

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