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| 1956 || November 5 || || False Alarms during the Suez Crisis. ||
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| 1960 || October 5 || || A radar alert from Thule, Greenland is sent to NORAD, announcing the detection of dozens of Soviet missiles launched for the United States. ||
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| 1961 || January 24 || || H-bombs Dropped on North Carolina. ||
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| 1961 || November 24 || || "On this evening, communication links between Strategic Air Command headquarters (SAC HQ) and NORAD went dead. The result was that SAC HQ lost communication with three Ballistic Missile Early Warning Sites (BMEWS) around the world, all of which were supposed to run on independent telephone and telegraph lines." ||
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| 1962 || August 23 || || "US Bomber in Soviet No-Fly Zone" ||
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| 1962 || October 24 || || "Soviet Satellite Explodes During Cuban Missile Crisis" ||
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| 1962 || October 25 || || "Bear Triggers Nuclear Alarm" ||
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| 1962 || October 26 || || "US F102A Fighters vs Soviet MIG interceptors" ||
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| 1962 || October 27 || || "U2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over Cuba" ||
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| 1962 || October 28 || || "The newly operational Laredo warning site notified NORAD that they had identified two missiles over Georgia." ||
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| 1962 || October 28 || || "At nearly 9:00 AM, NORAD received news from Moorestown, NJ that a nuclear strike was expected to hit Tampa, FL at 9:02." ||
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| 1965 || November 9 || || "Power Failure Mistaken for Nuclear Blasts" ||
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| 1967 || May 23 || || "Confusing Solar Flares and Nuclear Attacks" ||
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| 1968 || January 21 || || "Hydrogen Bomb Shatters in Greenland" ||
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| 1973 || October 24 || || "False Alarm During DEFCON 3" ||
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| 1974 || August 1 || || “In his last weeks in office during the Watergate crisis, President Richard M. Nixon was clinically depressed, emotionally unstable, and drinking heavily. U.S. Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger instructed the Joint Chiefs of Staff to route “any emergency order coming from the president”—such as a nuclear launch order— through him first (Schlosser 2013, p. 360).” ||
 
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Year Month and date Event type Details
1956 November 5 False Alarms during the Suez Crisis.
1960 October 5 A radar alert from Thule, Greenland is sent to NORAD, announcing the detection of dozens of Soviet missiles launched for the United States.
1961 January 24 H-bombs Dropped on North Carolina.
1961 November 24 "On this evening, communication links between Strategic Air Command headquarters (SAC HQ) and NORAD went dead. The result was that SAC HQ lost communication with three Ballistic Missile Early Warning Sites (BMEWS) around the world, all of which were supposed to run on independent telephone and telegraph lines."
1962 August 23 "US Bomber in Soviet No-Fly Zone"
1962 October 24 "Soviet Satellite Explodes During Cuban Missile Crisis"
1962 October 25 "Bear Triggers Nuclear Alarm"
1962 October 26 "US F102A Fighters vs Soviet MIG interceptors"
1962 October 27 "U2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over Cuba"
1962 October 28 "The newly operational Laredo warning site notified NORAD that they had identified two missiles over Georgia."
1962 October 28 "At nearly 9:00 AM, NORAD received news from Moorestown, NJ that a nuclear strike was expected to hit Tampa, FL at 9:02."
1965 November 9 "Power Failure Mistaken for Nuclear Blasts"
1967 May 23 "Confusing Solar Flares and Nuclear Attacks"
1968 January 21 "Hydrogen Bomb Shatters in Greenland"
1973 October 24 "False Alarm During DEFCON 3"
1974 August 1 “In his last weeks in office during the Watergate crisis, President Richard M. Nixon was clinically depressed, emotionally unstable, and drinking heavily. U.S. Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger instructed the Joint Chiefs of Staff to route “any emergency order coming from the president”—such as a nuclear launch order— through him first (Schlosser 2013, p. 360).”

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