Vela incident
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vela-incident-183-12843
title:
Vela incident
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The Vela incident was an unidentified double flash of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on 22 September 1979 near the South African territory of Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, roughly midway between Africa and Antarctica. Today, most independent researchers believe that the flash was caused by a nuclear explosion—an undeclared joint nuclear test carried out by South Africa and Israel. The cause of the flash remains officially unknown, and some information about the e
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1979 detection of a double light flash near the Prince Edward Islands by American satellites
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_incident
date created:
2005-01-01T08:11:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T14:35:04Z
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