# Oetzel 1980: Vela Meteoroid Evaluation

> George N. Oetzel, Steven C. (SRI International) Johnson, 1980. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first quantitative test of the meteoroid…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CW4WJ0T4Q9A/vela-meteoroid-evaluation  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[1979 Vela incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident)Oetzel 1980

**0**

# 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.

**1979 Vela incident** ReportChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The first quantitative test of the meteoroid alternative.

## The document 52 pages

[Pages]Page 1 of 52

[![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p12)12]

![Page 1 of Vela Meteoroid Evaluation](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75/p1)

The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. Pages from the file we keep.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Two-meteoroid scenarios would produce such a signal about once in a billion years.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident/evidence/EVD0CW4X1MT26S5/two-meteoroid-scenarios-would-produce-such-a-signal-about)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

## 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
```

[Read it free at nsarchive2.gwu.edu](https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB190/05.pdf)[Download PDF · 2.4 MB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/aafc83b096954b1dd1180829f8188eabbcbde612eaa9ec8cbf5e3e97dcfa5d75)

Anyone can read it here; members can download it.

Key

**SRC** 0CW4WJ0T4Q9A

Kind

Report

Rights

public-domain

Kept

27 Oct 2026

Checked

Against the published original

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CW4WJ0T4Q9A/vela-meteoroid-evaluation/csl.json)