The Mystery of the Vela Incident
On September 22, 1979, something strange changed the usual turbulent calm of the waters of the South Atlantic.
About 38 years ago, one of those mysteries has not been solved.
An American satellite of the Vela type detected an atmospheric explosion in the southern Indian Ocean near the Prince Edward Islands.
It occurred on September 22, 1979, when the Vela satellite’s detectors noticed this anomaly.
Satellites of this type were tasked with detecting nuclear detonations worldwide to ensure compliance with the treaty to control nuclear testing.
They operated for ten years and became famous for discovering gamma-ray bursts in space.
The one that detected the explosion was the Vela-5B, and I saw an unusually bright light in that area of the ocean.
One of the first things scientists thought was that it could be meteorites, cosmic rays, lightning from a storm, and also a possible atomic detonation.
It was the start of the cold war, so nothing was ruled out.
Doing more studies on what could have happened made them think it could have been a provoked nuclear explosion.
