Did a black bear in Duluth nearly start a nuclear war? A book by a Stanford professor using declassified Air Force documents appears to bolster much of the legend. 2:00 am, Apr. 28, 2021 × A Convair F-106A Delta Dart at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Interceptor jets like this were ready to take off from Volk Field in Wisconsin, armed with nuclear-tipped, air-to-air missiles, after a bear apparently triggered an alarm at the Duluth Air Force base during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force) It’s one of those...