CONELRAD Alert News Wire

The Supreme Court's Cold War Relocation Plan!

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:13:06 GMT

CONELRAD has just published the unusual story of where the Cold War era Supreme Court would have gone in the event of a nuclear war. Read all about it here!

Atomic Singer-Songwriter Tribute

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:43:38 GMT

Read CONELRAD's exhaustive tribute to "Fallout Shelter" singer-songwriter Peter Scott Peters.

Miss Atomic Energy of 1948 is Turning 90!

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:05:20 GMT

Read all about Janis Paige, Miss Atomic Energy of 1948, who will be turning 90 next month. The story can be found on CONELRAD Adjacent.

Civil Defense Billboards!

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:12:30 GMT

In 1960 government civil defense planners came up with sample billboard text for the "preattack" and "postattack" environments (evidently, these bureaucrats didn't think anything could keep a good Buick off the road - not even an atomic blast). Read the document here.

Warning Red: History of Maryland's 1956 C.D. Movie

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:22:49 GMT

Read the history behind Maryland's 1956 civil defense film "Warning Red" here. Video clips as well as the entire film are embedded in the post.

CONELRAD'S SEARCH FOR THE DOOMSDAY SCRIPT

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:08:00 GMT

CONELRAD has gotten one step closer to finding the Arthur Godfrey Doomsday Message. Read all about it here!

Mount Weather's Clergy Gap

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:55:17 GMT

Read a newly unearthed government document discussing the need for religious staff at the secret government doomsday bunker, Mount Weather.

CONELRAD Presents Recovered Cuban Missile Crisis Memories

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:19:22 GMT

This month CONELRAD is presenting a series of posts on little known events during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Check out "Cuban Missile Crisis Recovered Memories" at CONELRAD Adjacent.

An Oral History of Mount Weather

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:09:34 GMT

CONELRAD has assembled the most interesting quotations about the super-secret government bunker known as Mount Weather and has posted them here. Find out what would have happened to Lady Bird Johnson if she had tried to breach the perimeter. It wouldn't have been pretty.

CONELRAD's Interview with a Mount Weather Saloon Patron

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:20:43 GMT

CONELRAD has just posted an interview with a man who has had the privilege of tipping a beer mug at one of the most exclusive watering holes on earth: Mount Weather's Balloon Shed Lounge. Read all about it here.