The 22 September 1979 Vela Incident: Radionuclide and Hydroacoustic Evidence for a Nuclear Explosion
Lars-Erik De Geer, Christopher M. Wright, 2018. Science & Global Security 26(1), 20–54.
Reconstructs Lester VanMiddlesworth's measurements of iodine-131 in thyroids of sheep slaughtered in Melbourne in October and November 1979, publishing three gamma spectra; links them to rain on 26 September along a trajectory from near the Prince Edward Islands; and reviews the classified NRL hydroacoustic study, in which Ascension Island hydrophones recorded an impulsive signal at 02:43 UTC on a bearing and path consistent with an origin there at the time of the flash. Concludes the optical, radionuclide and hydroacoustic evidence together strongly indicate a nuclear test of a few kilotons.
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De Geer, L. E., & Wright, C. M. (2018). The 22 September 1979 Vela Incident: Radionuclide and Hydroacoustic Evidence for a Nuclear Explosion. Science & Global Security 26(1), 20–54. https://doi.org/10.1080/08929882.2018.1451050
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De Geer, Lars-Erik and Christopher M. Wright. “The 22 September 1979 Vela Incident: Radionuclide and Hydroacoustic Evidence for a Nuclear Explosion.” Science & Global Security 26(1), 20–54 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1080/08929882.2018.1451050.