[BC] AP 10 Bells Survery

[Phil Alexander]

On 20 Jun 2006 at 22:19, Stanley Adams wrote:

> I have heard the 10 Bells about three times I think since the middle 60's.
> 
> Can everyone pitch in and lets count the events that have happened since 
> that time that would set the bells off.
> Now, remember this has to be an actual 10 Bell event, not just something 
> that we might think would be newsworthy.
> 
> I have been sitting here thinking tonight and I just cannot remember a 
> one of them.
> 
> Perhaps when Johnson died, this was a long time ago.

#1 Unforgettable if you were on duty at the time.  Saturday, Oct. 27, 1962.

WHCA broke all wires, sent 10 bells followed by a Presidential message to
prepare for ConelraD operations within 12 hours if authorized. 
They sent another 10 bells and the wire resumed. This was no drill. The
message cleared the wire at about 9 PM eastern time. 

So you can call that a 10 bell event, or a 20 bell event, or an almost big
BOOM event. You can call it anything EXCEPT a news event because broadcast 
was prohibited. Very few knew how really close we came.

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