Air Marshall Roy Slemon of the RCAF, deputy NORAD commander, refused to be panicked by radar information which made it appear that long range missiles had been launched against North America October 5th, 1960. Sitting in the "hot seat" at NORAD headquarters, he ordered a check which revealed that the false information was caused by a malfunction in the ballistic missile early warning station at Thule, Greenland. (CP PHOTO)