Alert 747

G. H. (Sandia National Laboratories) Mauth, 1980. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 8.

Sandia report of 1 May 1980 noting that only Vela 6911, of all bhangmeter-equipped satellites, saw the double flash; disputes from laser calibration tests that the bhangmeter difference was a malfunction, yet concludes the signal was "fully consistent" with a low-yield atmospheric detonation.

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The bhangmeter designers' laboratory view.

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Los Alamos and Sandia analysts judged the signal consistent with a low-yield atmospheric burst.

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Mauth, G. H. (. N. L. (1980). Alert 747. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 8. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB190/08.pdf

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Mauth, G. H. (Sandia National Laboratories). “Alert 747.” National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 8 (1980).