When the Soviet nuclear warning system showed a U.S. missile strike, he just waited and saved the world This is Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov, who, at the height of the Cold War in the 1980s, was in charge of the Soviet Union’s nuclear missile early warning system. As reporters who have tracked him down testify, he will often shout at visitors to go away, or — at best — grudgingly admit: “I was just in the right place at the right time.” That he most certainly was. On the night of Sept. 26, 1983, Petrov was on duty at Serpukhov-15, a secret command station south of Moscow. His job was to analyze satellite data that would detect a pre-emptive … [Read more...]
Neighbor Calls Cops To Report Naked 4-Year-Old Playing In Yard
Neighbor Calls Cops To Report Naked 4-Year-Old Playing In Yard A few weeks ago, Ian McIlwaine was washing his car in the front yard of his British Columbia home while his kids played beside him. His four-year-old son got wet and decided to strip off his wet clothes. McIlwaine thought nothing of it. He asked the child if he wanted a new set of clothes. He didn’t. The boys continued to play in the yard. No laws were broken and the family is understandably freaked out by the experience. They get along with all of their neighbors and have no idea who would have made an anonymous call to the police for something like this. The kids are now … [Read more...]