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Dates: during 1965-1965
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Calm in the Tank. Deep inside the Pentagon, in the National Military Command Center???called "the tank"?first reports of the power failure flashed in from Strategic Air Command headquarters at Omaha and the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) at Colorado Springs. Both reported that eight major military bases in the Northeastern U.S. had suddenly ?and inexplicably?shifted to auxiliary power but that "the trouble was confined to a particular area and not due to bombs or such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Northeast: The Disaster That Wasn't | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

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