Vela Meteoroid Evaluation

George N. Oetzel, Steven C. (SRI International) Johnson, 1980. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 5.

A rush evaluation of 29 January 1980 of the meteoroid theory; two-meteoroid scenarios would produce the Vela signal about once in a billion years.

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What it's used for here

The first quantitative test of the meteoroid alternative.

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Two-meteoroid scenarios would produce such a signal about once in a billion years.

Evidence

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The 1979 Vela incident

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Cite it

Oetzel, G. N., & Johnson, S. C. (. I. (1980). Vela Meteoroid Evaluation. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 5. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB190/05.pdf

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Oetzel, George N. and Steven C. (SRI International) Johnson. “Vela Meteoroid Evaluation.” National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 5 (1980).