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Revisiting the 1979 VELA Mystery: A Report on a Critical Oral History Conference
Avner Cohen, William Burr, 2020. Wilson Center, Sources and Methods blog, posted 31 August 2020.
Report on a critical oral history conference held at the Wilson Center on 22 November 2019 with Ruina panel members Richard Garwin and Richard Muller, NSC, State Department, CIA and Energy officials, Senate staffer Leonard Weiss, journalist Dan Raviv, and the scientists De Geer and Wright; includes a statement from former NRL director Alan Berman and quotes President Carter's diary entry of 27 February 1980.
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The recollections of participants and the summary of what remains classified.
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Cohen, A., & Burr, W. (2020). Revisiting the 1979 VELA Mystery: A Report on a Critical Oral History Conference. Wilson Center, Sources and Methods blog, posted 31 August 2020. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/revisiting-1979-vela-mystery-report-critical-oral-history-conference
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Cohen, Avner and William Burr. “Revisiting the 1979 VELA Mystery: A Report on a Critical Oral History Conference.” Wilson Center, Sources and Methods blog, posted 31 August 2020 (2020).