Emergency Action Message from Andrews Air Force Base

[14kv01]

LM276EPTPNAYUEWTQXOVTQ7

decode from message.



[geoffck6969]

@14kv01 Nope, there is no "Victor". You added a V and there was none in the EAM. Message not, I say again, message NOT authenticated.

[Ophelia74]

And those specific words were chosen for the reason that there's no mistaking what letter they start with.

[baraxor]

The "words" (which are from the NATO phonetic alphabet) and numbers are supposed to be written down on an EAM sheet...the person receiving the message will then check the current code book (Action Book) and determine the action listed that this combination of letters and numbers corresponds to, and execute the order accordingly.

[ELTIGREROCKS10NEW]

I could never completely get this. Why do they say random words? Is it some sort of secret code?

[TheHeiGui]

Ma come hai fatto a rilevare questa trasmissione ? credevo che le frequenze HF-GCS fossero criptate ai massimi livelli

[CanarinoMannar0]

@TheHeiGui

questo tipo di trasmissione e' in chiaro e in condizioni di buona propagazione e' possibile riceverla abbastanza regolarmente,

saluti

[TheHeiGui]

@CanarinoMannar0

Grazie per la delucitazione.

[tonyny77]

On one occasion at our command center, a guest briefing was about to commence. In such cases, the displays are set to function in the "TEST" mode. The displays did not respond, though. A moment later, event data was being displayed, but we had initially failed to notice the mode was "REAL." So on that day, the visitors didn't need a demo; they got to observe a Threat Assessment Conference live! Naturally, the "event" was attributed to a software glitch. Good thing the humans are in charge!!!

[itaRomeo]

Che antenna usi???

[tonyny77]

I'd like to say thanks to Canarino for posting one of the better EAM recordings I've heard. I wonder whether EAMs transmitted via the HF-GCS ever originate from other sites besides Andrews. Also, do you happen to know roughly how often these EAM training messages are sent? Obviously these are training EAMs or we would have seen SIOP events (launches and detonations) associated with these messages.

[pilotoenrique]

They are simulcast on 6 transmitters in various parts of the world.

[CanarinoMannar0]

@tonyny77

tnx for comment

[TheJuggler17]

and this was just last week?

makes you wonder how often this system is used.

[tonyny77]

@TheJuggler17 ... I used to be peripherally involved with this sort of thing, but way back in the '80s during the Cold War. Back then, the teams trained EVERY DAY in preparation for the unimaginable. With part of the shift team staying behind to monitor their boards, the others would be be sitting in the mess hall having lunch. If a test was initiated just then, in unison, the lunching team members would instantly push away from the table and make a mad dash back to the command center.

[TheJuggler17]

@tonyny77 This is a cool story, see it's this kind of thing that's interesting to hear firsthand accounts.

I was born in 86 so naturally I don't remember this kind of stuff, I guess I remember cold war related things from when I was really little, but I only know what they mean now.

It's creepy is what it is, interesting to read about and scary because its true.

Thanks for sharing this.

[tonyny77]

@TheJuggler17 - Thanks, Juggler. You must be fairly "on the ball" to understand what's happening here. Perhaps you've been reading up on this topic? If the average person just happened to accidentally come across this video, 99.999999% of the people would just skip it presuming some crazy guy was reciting the alphabet over a short-wave radio. So, pat yourself on the back for knowing something about this stuff and thanks again for your comment. I've got a story, though . . .

[Kotecks]

@tonyny77 I can't attest to what it was like, but I assure you we still train every day for this. Not a lot has changed and there is a reason you still hear these at their assigned time slots.

[MattExzy]

Definite EAM :).. the echo means you were probably receiving it from multiple transmitter sites.

[aioo86]

saranno gli americani che lanciano testate nucleari supermorghellose nelle pleiadi ai rettiloni