Attack Warning Radio Message: Early 1970s

[Caddl123]

hi..

Im from south-germany.we had in 1983 an attack-alarm,with very much trouble of the population.

The Alarm was 45 Minits bifore going off.

Then came out of the radio a Voice..

NOBODY have heard it before and after than..

The voice was like somebody sits in a bucket and it sounded real.In the background of the voice was many trouble too.

The Voice said:

We are sorry for this Attackwarning-it was a mistake of the Radarstations of the Nato!

Please calm down-we are in service to manage the Prob!

[shreddez]

thanks for uploading! Great historical document

[MichaelHansenFUN]

KFJC NEEDS THIS!!!

[EntropicMisanthropic]

EAN stands for Emergency Action Notification, which is a #1 priority national warning straight from the President, which during the Cold War meant nuclear war.

In the studio, they had two cards: one was yellow, and one was red. Yellow was EAN Message No. 1, which was worded more cautiously and simply stated their was a "national emergency". It was intended for being on the BRINK of nuclear war.

EAN Message No. 2 was the red card with the attack warning and the script with exclamation points.

[ChrisHenniker]

@EntropicMisanthropic I've read both scripts, but I suspect that the EAN No 1 is used for other matters. Namely: invasion, insurrection, famine, major natural disaster like a volcano, etc. EAN No 2 could equally apply to conventional attack as well.

[6891man]

Also, that's not the EBS tone I'm used to hearing. What was that tone?

[michigan49738]

@6891man

I *think* that is the old 1000 Hz (or was it 1050 Hz?) tone, which was used before the two-tone signal everyone born after 1975 is used to hearing.

[PlaystationLounge]

@michigan49738 No, it sounds too low for 1kHz. Sounds more like 700-800Hz to me. (I work in broadcast and we use 1kHz all the time).

[6891man]

Where did you get this audio clip?

[ChrisHenniker]

Peter Donaldson's warning message hasn't been released on grounds of National security, copyright or the possibility that accidental or malicious playback could cause mass panic.

[georgelee43211]

Thank God this message was never used.

[ChristopherSaindon]

This guy's voiceover was excellent -- delivered like a boss. If you have any more of these please post them! 4 Stars Conelrad!! :-)

[tonytonytee]

fuck henry kissenger he is a new world order piece of shit..

[ParrotsdrinkCoke]

I live in Philadelphia... FUUUUUUUU

[RainbowManification]

Someone got a 25 kill streak

[bossbob]

This was pre-recorded so it could be used in the event of an actual attack. That's why it's so easy for him to be calm/cheerful. Had this come from an actual attack warning at the time, it would probably have started with "Mother of God!!! They really did it!!!"

[FirefoXDMedia]

@bossbob

thx captn. In every country everyone has pre recorded msgs due to high possibility of nuclear attack. This msg was letting the station personnel a time to save their own asses.

[crustymethaddict]

America used to be so cool

[theSicilianToe]

@crustymethaddict Last I checked it was still the coolest civilization in the 6.4 billion year history of the Earth.

[crustymethaddict]

@theSicilianToe i'm not saying anywhere else is anywhere is better because other places have their own problems as well as it's strengths but when you compare america in older generations it had more richer culture even in the old mainstream but now our mainstream is just the lowest common denominator consumer.

[krashly71]

@crustymethaddict Citizen, blame thyself. Rome perished because its people ceased to believe in and support the dream of Rome, when the barbarians came they met few Legions and a complacent and defeated population, decadent and lame. Now we are on track again as the dream erodes and people have ceased to care. People have given up and can only find fault now...in the end the barbarians will come, be they human or atomic, and find us lethargic and complaining. This is how it goes....

[frizzij]

@crustymethaddict America still is!!!!!

[Lotmeister]

They changed this at some point so that all stations would stay on and broadcast news and info, didn't they?

[michigan49738]

@Lotmeister

Yes, in the early - mid 70s, the requirement to shutdown was almost completely nixed. Exception being stations that do not wish to participate in EAN messages. Those stations still must sign-off.

[AHPMB]

The terrible thing is that with so many stations now nationally owned and computer controlled there simply are not stations that could broadcast local news in an emergency. We've already seen it happen during major disasters like Katrina.

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

@AHPMB Typically, the stations news team will cover the emergency at some point or another.

[loikmg]

I'm wondering what part of the early seventies was this when this happened. Cause there was never a nuclear war back then, wondering what cause the alarm. And nothing happened.

[stillfly122]

Dude for some reason this reminds me of the zombie map "five" in Call of duty : Black ops

[jmossinca]

If I hear an attack warning on the radio, I'm not gonna fool with the dial till I get a station; I'm heading underground.

[LuigiGodzillaGirl]

This message is even scarier than WOWO's pre-recorded message from the 1971 false alarm.

[manhattan85]

This is f@$%n GOLD

[zbarsky]

He announces the attack warning in a cheery voice? Wtf?!

[kusuriurikun]

Glad to see this little treasure back on Youtube--I have to wonder if you got the "card 1" EAN as well from the same source...

[Jerseysson27]

I am thinking about working on a new alert and maybe I can help? What can i do to participate?