Summary
1. This document is supplemental to this thread: Possible origins of optical data for the
22 Sep 1979 Vela satellite event;
2. This document concerns overflights of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans and southern Africa to confirm or debunk a ground-based nuclear
explosion;
3. Internet research indicates that later astrophysical research determined the incident in question was one of the first detected gamma ray bursts.

