Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
Enormous solar storm caused hidden US bombs to detonate during the the Vietnam War
2 views
Skip to first unread message
Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 16, 2018, 2:55:14 PM11/16/18
to
https://www.foxnews.com/science/enormous-solar-storm-caused-hidden-us-
bombs-to-detonate-during-the-the-vietnam-war
The Vietnam War may have been one of the most unpopular wars in U.S.
history, but the massive solar event that took place in August 1972,
towards the end of the war may have caused a greater impact than the
government let on.
According to a new study published in the journal Space Weather, the
enormous solar storm may have actually caused old sea mines to detonate
unintentionally.
"These effects, long buried in the Vietnam War archives, add credence to
the severity of the storm: a nearly instantaneous, unintended detonation
of dozens of sea mines south of Hai Phong, North Vietnam on 4 August
1972," the plain language summary of the study reads. "This event occurred
near the end of the Vietnam War. The U.S. Navy attributed the dramatic
event to magnetic perturbations of solar storms."
NASA SHOWS INCREDIBLE IMAGE OF THE SUN 'EXPLODING'
It continues: "In researching these events we determined that the
widespread electric- and communication-grid disturbances that plagued
North America and the disturbances in southeast Asia late on 4 August
likely resulted from propagation of major eruptive activity from the Sun
to the Earth."
News of the study was first reported by LiveScience.
The solar flares caused significant disruptions to Earth's communications
equipment, with X-ray emissions remaining high for more than 16 hours, the
researchers wrote.
They also noted that a defense communications satellite "suffered a
mission-ending on orbit power failure;" and Air Force sensors turned on,
giving a false reading that a nuclear weapon had detonated on Earth.
NASA describes the 1972 event as "legendary" because it happened between
two Apollo missions: "the crew of Apollo 16 had returned to Earth in April
and the crew of Apollo 17 was preparing for a moon landing in December,"
NASA writes on its website. Former radiation health officer Francis
Cucinotta estimates that had astronauts been in space, they could have
absorbed 400 rem from the solar flare. Perhaps not enough to cause death,
although they would have needed "a quick trip back to Earth for medical
care" to save their lives.
According to LiveScience, pilots flying near that part of Vietnam noticed
approximately two dozen explosions in just a 30-second period. Eventually,
the U.S. Navy investigated the situation and determined the solar storm
caused the magnetic sensors in the mines to trip as if ships were passing
them, causing them to detonate.
The events were felt all over the Earth. A 3,080 kilometer/second shock
was felt near the Guam observatory. Magnetometer traces went "off scale"
in Boulder, CO and a "bright aurora appeared in the northern United
States," the researchers wrote.
NASA'S PARKER SOLAR PROBE HAS 'SUCCEEDED' AFTER IT WHIZZED PAST THE SUN
FOR THE FIRST TIME
Effects were also felt in Honolulu, HI, along the southern coast of the
U.K. and "within 2 hours, "commercial airline pilots reported aurora as
far south as Bilbao, Spain."
Ultimately, the solar event caused the U.S. Navy to look for alternatives
to magnetic sensor mines that would be not be affected by solar events,
such as this.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
bombs-to-detonate-during-the-the-vietnam-war
The Vietnam War may have been one of the most unpopular wars in U.S.
history, but the massive solar event that took place in August 1972,
towards the end of the war may have caused a greater impact than the
government let on.
According to a new study published in the journal Space Weather, the
enormous solar storm may have actually caused old sea mines to detonate
unintentionally.
"These effects, long buried in the Vietnam War archives, add credence to
the severity of the storm: a nearly instantaneous, unintended detonation
of dozens of sea mines south of Hai Phong, North Vietnam on 4 August
1972," the plain language summary of the study reads. "This event occurred
near the end of the Vietnam War. The U.S. Navy attributed the dramatic
event to magnetic perturbations of solar storms."
NASA SHOWS INCREDIBLE IMAGE OF THE SUN 'EXPLODING'
It continues: "In researching these events we determined that the
widespread electric- and communication-grid disturbances that plagued
North America and the disturbances in southeast Asia late on 4 August
likely resulted from propagation of major eruptive activity from the Sun
to the Earth."
News of the study was first reported by LiveScience.
The solar flares caused significant disruptions to Earth's communications
equipment, with X-ray emissions remaining high for more than 16 hours, the
researchers wrote.
They also noted that a defense communications satellite "suffered a
mission-ending on orbit power failure;" and Air Force sensors turned on,
giving a false reading that a nuclear weapon had detonated on Earth.
NASA describes the 1972 event as "legendary" because it happened between
two Apollo missions: "the crew of Apollo 16 had returned to Earth in April
and the crew of Apollo 17 was preparing for a moon landing in December,"
NASA writes on its website. Former radiation health officer Francis
Cucinotta estimates that had astronauts been in space, they could have
absorbed 400 rem from the solar flare. Perhaps not enough to cause death,
although they would have needed "a quick trip back to Earth for medical
care" to save their lives.
According to LiveScience, pilots flying near that part of Vietnam noticed
approximately two dozen explosions in just a 30-second period. Eventually,
the U.S. Navy investigated the situation and determined the solar storm
caused the magnetic sensors in the mines to trip as if ships were passing
them, causing them to detonate.
The events were felt all over the Earth. A 3,080 kilometer/second shock
was felt near the Guam observatory. Magnetometer traces went "off scale"
in Boulder, CO and a "bright aurora appeared in the northern United
States," the researchers wrote.
NASA'S PARKER SOLAR PROBE HAS 'SUCCEEDED' AFTER IT WHIZZED PAST THE SUN
FOR THE FIRST TIME
Effects were also felt in Honolulu, HI, along the southern coast of the
U.K. and "within 2 hours, "commercial airline pilots reported aurora as
far south as Bilbao, Spain."
Ultimately, the solar event caused the U.S. Navy to look for alternatives
to magnetic sensor mines that would be not be affected by solar events,
such as this.
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
0 new messages