DECLASSLFIED 1w 1 CONTROL NUMBER DOCUMENT PROCESSING RECORD 665 RECEIVED RETURN TO OFFICE CHAIRMAN JCS-ROOM 25365 THE PENTAGON 7 3 DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION DATE OF DOCUMENT DJSM-494- 80 7 Han Bil SUBJECT 65 we NORAD Fa'lse Events U THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THIS OFFICE CIRCULATION OF THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE LIMITED TO INDIVIDUALS INDICATED BELOW THE DOCUMENT WI LL BE RETURNED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE FOR RECORD PRIOR TO DISPATCH TO ANOTHER OFFICE OR OTHER DISPOSITION To NAME lumm REMARKS CHAIRMANJCS oo 1 7 March 1930 5 EXECUTIVE on ab on 1 - ACTION- 3 on 2 Staff forwards proposed informational memo to SECDEF on 5 6 March NORAD false 7 om T events The memorandum adds nothing to Dr Perry' 3 earlier report on the same 0 6 lrubject Red Signal Further Perry om in cat s that his report was Written i__n 53'5 conjunction with the JCS cmnmus 51 GROUP ma MR FORCE MEMBER 3 Recommendation cumms 5w snoop NAWMEMBER f0 Table draft Staff memo it is poorly written to bootl mums GROUP 015 - Alternatively call SECDEF to Eg ggxl sfg g gm or associate yourself with Perry's memo nd have LTG Dickinson keep in touch with SPECIALASSISTANT one r Dinneen' 3 office in providing addi- smmuss'mm om ional details if required FOR ARMYAIDE 05 mamamne 05A rnorocm no W a HEW 13301133131313 8 0 1396-8 son 34 mm Bar faminaw m Unclassi ed by the Joint Staff 18 5227 01 I '1 - TO CJCS a 61 Aumonty ghts-u t - vie 5 OJCS SUIIMARY SHEET 45 CLASSIFICATION FOR USE BY ORIGINATING DIRECTORATE A C38-M-11L5 7 MAR 1930 THRU THOR mach erg om no 0sz suspense on mm on 0 1 MR 1933 SUBJECT ACTION NORAD Fa 1s 6 Events U APPROVAL SIGNATURE INFORMATIONI OTHER I REMARKS March 1980 same topic Recommend approval and signature Attached also is a memo from Dr Perry to SecDef concerning The attached memorandum to SecDef describes the events of 5 and 6 This Form 9 is UNCLAS w o atch CLOSE HOLD ACTION OFFICER R J SALEWSKI Lt Col USAF Ext 70168 OFFICE EXTENSION OFFICE NAME EXTENSION J-3 Gen Shutler DATE OF PREPARATION 7 Mar 80 FORM NO JCS JULY 1'2 9 amt - DECLASSIFIED THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON or 20301 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Subject False Events U l S As part of the verification sting of the non operational PAVE PAWS west site simula on tests were con- ducted on 5 March 1930 A NORAD gener officer was present during the test Between 19102 and 402 two successful simulation tests were conducted A 19442 another simulation tape was started and one simulated arget was mis correlated as a real target This is not co idered as a valid input since the site is non-operations _At 19452 NORAD convened a Missile DisPlay Conference System confidence and NORAD confidence of were ssed Simulation conduct procedures and confidence repo ting procedures were followed exactly as specified by direc ives and checklists This event has been turned over the contractor for detailed analysis and corrective act n 2 S On 6 March 198 l700u23002 a class A simulation test between DSP-E NMCC SAC and NORAD was conducted with a NORAD general officer mo 'toring the test All participants and users were briefed notified 72 hours in advance Test override lights placed on in NORAD CC Voice con- ference loop was estab ished with all users At 19002 Data Distribution Center C personnel directed Overseas Ground Station OGS person 1 to throw a switch The operator in Australia placed it the Wrong position and allowed test data to be transmit ed as real Because of the precautions described above a concerned were immediately made aware of the problem F011 wing established procedures NORAD convened a Missile Display Conference at 19042 and a system confidence and NORAD asses nt of were passed Classified by CJCS Declassify on 7 March 1986 lggijiiwiII- jg DECLASSIFIE @1102 3 S In both cases no reaction 8 taken by any military forces The contractor will insert ap opriate changes in soft- ware to preclude 5 March malfunction procedural c0rrection will be taken as a result of the 6 March st - owwe a 1 LL THEUNDERSECRETARYOFDEFENSE WASHINGTON 2030 7 MAR 1930 RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING a MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SUBJECT NORAD Events - INFORMATION MEMORANDUM 1 S In conjunction with the JCS we have conducted a prelim- inary investigation of the two NORAD events in which test data was inputted into the system as real data S In the first case 5 March PAVE PAWS West was under- going verification with a General Officer monitoring at NORAD PAVE PAWS computer correlated a simulated target as a real target This information was transmitted to NORAD It was immediately recognized as an error and a NORAD assessment of was transmitted S In the second case 6 March DSP-E was involved in a test of the 427M system under the supervision of a General Officer Because of an operator error at Buckley the DSP station in Australia was incorrectly ordered to Place a switch in a wrong position causing test data to be transmitted as real data The error was recognized by the test team and a NORAD assessment of was transmitted S In both cases normal procedures and directives were followed Missile Display Conferences this is an internal conference were initiated No actions external to the NMCS system were taken 5 The good news is that the test procedures that have been established precludeJany false alert Also we can and will make procedural corrections and software changes to correct the two specific errors that ocCurred However I am convinced that we have done everything that can be done to prevent test data from being transmitted as real data I have asked Gerry Dinneen to go to NORAD immediately the is at Leavenworth today to review the situation and recommend further corrective action He will be at NORAD tomorrow and will give us a full report on the situation when he returns on M4137 cc Lt Gen Dickinson JCS Classi ed by USDRE Declassii y on__ 7 March 1986 p rT I This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu