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Story Posted on Dec 24, 2020 On November 30, 1955, a phone rang on Col. Harry Shoup’s desk at Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD). CONAD was tasked with watching for a Soviet attack by air and alerting Strategic Air Command. In the midst of the Cold War, a phone call to Colonel Shoup’s desk could have brought critical news for national security. Colonel Harry Shoup, the Director of Operations at CONAD in 1955 However, when Colonel Shoup answered, the little voice on the other ...