# Weiss 2015: Flash from the past: Why an apparent Israeli nuclear test in 1979 matters today

> Leonard Weiss, 2015. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A recent statement of the Israeli-test reading by a participant in the debate.

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# Flash from the past: Why an apparent Israeli nuclear test in 1979 matters today

Leonard Weiss, 2015. _Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 8 September 2015_.

A former Senate staffer who followed the case argues that the flash was most likely an Israeli nuclear test with South African logistical help, and that the US government covered it up.

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Weiss, L. (2015). Flash from the past: Why an apparent Israeli nuclear test in 1979 matters today. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 8 September 2015. https://thebulletin.org/2015/09/flash-from-the-past-why-an-apparent-israeli-nuclear-test-in-1979-matters-today/
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