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Categories: September 1979 events in Africa, 1979 in international relations, South Africa and weapons of mass destruction, Suspected nuclear weapons testing, 1979 in South Africa
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Vela Incident  Vale incident  South Atlantic Flash  the Vela incident  Vela event
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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. Wikipedia
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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. Wikipedia
An international incident, in which a Vela satellite is thought to possibly have observed a nuclear test Wikipedia Disambiguation
Unidentified double flash of light Wikidata
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nuclear test
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Israel
South Africa
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South Africa
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Vela Incident
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Vela incident
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South Atlantic flash, the Vela incident, Vale incident, Vale Incident, Vela event, Vela Incident
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South Atlantic Flash

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