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January 21, 1979

US Interagency Intelligence Memorandum, 'The 22 September 1979 Event'

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Forwarded to Ralph Earle, Director of US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The Interagency Intelligence Memorandum on the 22 September 1979 explosion, or Vela Incident, concludes that it was a nuclear explosion.

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William Burr and Avner Cohen, eds., National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book #570 (December 6, 2016). Contributed by Sasha Polakow-Suransky.

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2013-04-02

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