# Thyroid glands of sheep slaughtered in Melbourne, October–November 1979, and their gamma spectra

> Whether the physical samples survive is not known.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/artifacts/ART0CW4XBDA1RR4/thyroid-glands-of-sheep-slaughtered-in-melbourne  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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[Mysteries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries)[1979 Vela incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident)[Artifacts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident#artifacts)Thyroid glands of sheep slaughtered in Melbourne, October–November 1979, and their gamma spectra

**ART** 0CW4XBDA1RR4·Artifact · sample

# Thyroid glands of sheep slaughtered in Melbourne, October–November 1979, and their gamma spectra

SamplepublisherSlaughtered 22 October, 5 and 12 November 1979; re-measured February 1980

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs26degeer.pdf).

Whether the physical samples survive is not known.

Lars-Erik De Geer and Christopher M. Wright, 1979. publisher

## Copies 1

**Document** Lars-Erik De Geer and Christopher M. Wright · scienceandglobalsecurity.org · 2018 · publisher2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs26degeer.pdf)

## Where it was made

[Melbourne, Victoria (abattoir supplying the thyroid samples)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CW4WPN85BAJ/melbourne-victoria-abattoir-supplying-the-thyroid-samples) · City

## 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_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Thyroid glands of sheep slaughtered in Melbourne, October–November 1979, and their gamma spectra [Artifact ART0CW4XBDA1RR4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CW4XBDA1RR4
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**ART** 0CW4XBDA1RR4

Kind

Sample

Held by

unknown (samples); VanMiddlesworth papers at the Nuclear Testing Archive, Las Vegas

Dated

slaughtered 22 October, 5 and 12 November 1979; re-measured February 1980

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publisher

Place

[Melbourne, Victoria (abattoir supplying the thyroid samples)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CW4WPN85BAJ/melbourne-victoria-abattoir-supplying-the-thyroid-samples)

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[1979 Vela incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident)

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