Kuwala kodabwitsa komanso kodabwitsa kumwamba kwalembedwa kuyambira nthawi zakale. Zambiri mwa izi zatanthauziridwa kukhala maula, zizindikiro zochokera kwa milungu, kapena ngakhale zinthu zauzimu monga angelo. Koma pali zinthu zina zodabwitsa zomwe sitingathe kuzifotokoza. Chitsanzo chimodzi chotere ndi Chochitika cha Vela.
Chochitika cha Vela (nthawi zina chimatchedwa South Atlantic Flash) chinali kuwala kowirikiza kosadziwikabe komwe kunadziwika ndi satellite ya United States Vela pa September 22, 1979. Zakhala zikuganiziridwa kuti kung'anima kawiri kunali chizindikiro cha kuphulika kwa nyukiliya. ; Komabe, zimene zafotokozedwa posachedwa ponena za chochitikacho zimati “mwinamwake sichinali cha kuphulika kwa nyukiliya, ngakhale kuti sitinganene kuti chizindikiro chimenechi chinachokera ku zida za nyukiliya.”
Kuwala kunapezeka pa 22 September 1979, nthawi ya 00:53 GMT. Satellite inanena za kung'anima kowirikiza kawiri (kuthwanima kofulumira kwambiri komanso kowala kwambiri, kenako kotalikirapo komanso kocheperako) kwa kuphulika kwa nyukiliya kwa ma kilotons awiri kapena atatu, mu Indian Ocean pakati pawo. Bouvet Island (Zodalira ku Norway) ndi zilumba za Prince Edward (zodalira ku South Africa). Ndege za US Airforce zinawulukira m'derali patangopita nthawi pang'ono kuti kuwalako kuzindikirike koma sizinapeze zizindikiro za kuphulika kapena ma radiation.
Mu 1999, nyuzipepala ya Senate ya ku United States inati: "Pakadalibe kukayikira ngati kuwala kwa South Atlantic mu Seputembala 1979 kojambulidwa ndi masensa owoneka pa satellite ya US Vela kunali kuphulitsa kwa nyukiliya ndipo, ngati ndi choncho, kunali kwa ndani." Chochititsa chidwi n'chakuti, kung'anima kwapawiri kwa 41 komwe kunapezeka ndi ma satellites a Vela kudachitika chifukwa cha kuyesa zida za nyukiliya.
Pali zongoyerekeza kuti mayesowo mwina anali ogwirizana a Israeli kapena South Africa omwe adatsimikiziridwa (ngakhale sanatsimikizidwe) ndi Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, kazitape womangidwa ku Soviet komanso wamkulu wa gulu lankhondo laku South Africa la Simon's Town panthawiyo.
Zofotokozera zina ndi monga meteoroid ikugunda satellite; refraction mumlengalenga; kuyankha kwa kamera ku kuwala kwachilengedwe; ndi kuyatsa kwachilendo komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha chinyezi kapena ma aerosols mumlengalenga. Komabe, asayansi sakudziwabe momwe komanso chifukwa chake chochitika cha Vela chinachitika.
