SZ/CSA/1/1/31 - You are under attack, Reader's Digest, May 1961

Reference code

SZ/CSA/1/1/31

Level of description

Item

Title

You are under attack, Reader's Digest, May 1961

Date/s

1961

Quantity & Format

4 leaves

Creator

Hubbell, John.

Scope and content

Typescript of an article describing the events surrounding a false alarm in October 1960 "when the most powerful radar system ever devised reported as '99.9 per cent certain' that a ballistic missile attack had been launched against the North American continent." The treatment of the alert "should instil cofidence both in the equipment and in the men who control its use."

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/CSA - [Chief Scientific Adviser's papers]
  - SZ/CSA/1 - [CSA. SHAPEX 61]
    - SZ/CSA/1/1 - [SHAPEX 61 lecture notes]
      - SZ/CSA/1/1/31 - You are under attack, Reader's Digest, May 1961

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