# Jones 1982: Low-Yield Nuclear Explosion Calculations: The 9/22/79 VELA Signal > E. M. Jones, R. W. Whitaker, H. G. Horak et al., 1982. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The weapons laboratory's physical model. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CW4WKZA3JS8/low-yield-nuclear-explosion-calculations-the-9-22-79-vela 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)Jones 1982 **0** # Low-Yield Nuclear Explosion Calculations: The 9/22/79 VELA Signal E. M. Jones, R. W. Whitaker, H. G. Horak et al., 1982. _National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 14_. May 1982 Los Alamos model of the signal as a low-yield explosion, stated to be consistent with the apparent absence of nuclear debris; the model itself remains largely classified. **1979 Vela incident** ReportChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The weapons laboratory's physical model. ## The document 20 pages [Pages]Page 1 of 20 [![Page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p1)1][![Page 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p2)2][![Page 3](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p3)3][![Page 4](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p4)4][![Page 5](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p5)5][![Page 6](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p6)6][![Page 7](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p7)7][![Page 8](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p8)8][![Page 9](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p9)9][![Page 10](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p10)10][![Page 11](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p11)11][![Page 12](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p12)12] ![Page 1 of Low-Yield Nuclear Explosion Calculations: The 9/22/79 VELA Signal](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099/p1) The first 12 pages are shown; the rest are in the file. Pages from the file we keep. ## Cited by on this site 1 record [The 1979 Vela incident](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vela-incident) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` Jones, E. M., Whitaker, R. W., Horak, H. G., & Kodis, J. W. (. A. N. L. (1982). Low-Yield Nuclear Explosion Calculations: The 9/22/79 VELA Signal. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book 190, Document 14. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB190/14.pdf ``` [Read it free at nsarchive2.gwu.edu](https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB190/14.pdf)[Download PDF ยท 628 KB](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/2b804451bcfb063bf0365d2a3caa4426e7c07c37ea92c23f1d265f682d43d099) Anyone can read it here; members can download it. Key **SRC** 0CW4WKZA3JS8 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/SRC0CW4WKZA3JS8/low-yield-nuclear-explosion-calculations-the-9-22-79-vela/csl.json)