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Stanford University

Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California, whose Linear Accelerator Center physicist Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky served on the expert panel that analyzed VELA satellite data from the suspected 1979 South Atlantic nuclear explosion.

Active 1885–present Location Stanford, California Mentions 34 Tags OrganizationAcademicUSA

Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California. Its Linear Accelerator Center was home to Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, a physicist who was a key colleague of Jack P. Ruina on an ad hoc panel of distinguished scientists tasked with studying the VELA Satellite data related to a probable nuclear explosion in the South Indian Ocean in 1979.1

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  1. Hersh, Seymour M. The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House, 1991. Chapter 20. ↩

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