Every day, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) uses radar, satellites and jets to monitor the skies. But on Christmas Eve, it's time for their most special mission -- tracking Santa's path. It all started with one phone call.
Col. Harry Shoup, the commander on duty, asked his staff to check the radar for jolly old Saint Nick's whereabouts, and thus began the first incarnation of the Santa tracking program,NORAD says. Now, what began as an accidental phone call has grown into a sprawling operation involving ...
Watch live as Santa Claus begins his yearly lap around the world, being pulled by his nine reindeer to deliver presents to children across the globe. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) Santa Tracker was created in 1955 after a child accidentally dialled a phone number from a...
When the phone started ringing, Colonel Harry Shoup, then director of operations, had his staff use CONAD’s network of powerful radar installations to track, and report on, Santa’s progress to children calling the number. Every year the tradition continued, with military staffers answering phon...
phone number at CONAD. It was the direct line for the Commander-in-Chief’s operations ‘hotline.’ The Director of Operations at the time,Colonel Harry Shoup, couldn’t just hang up on all of the kids calling. So he had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his ...
How to Track Santa Hotline: Call 1-877-Hi-NORAD (1-877-446-6723) starting at 6 a.m. EST on December 24. Save the number on your Verizon phone as “NORAD Call Center” for quick access. Online: Visitwww.noradsanta.orgfor live updates, games, and interactive features, or check NORAD...
Santa Tracker Websites A ComparisonGoogleNORADemailSanta URL Google NORAD emailSanta Start Time 5 a.m. EST 4 a.m. EST PreShow starts at 1 a.m. EST History (How It Started) 2004 with NORAD and since 2012 on its own. 1955 after a misprinted phone number led to calls to NORAD...
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paper, Schlachter said, the commander on duty, Col. Harold Shoup, “realized they would start getting more phone calls.” Rather than correct the boy, Shoup ordered his men, usually tasked with monitoring for possible foreign attacks, to track down Santa and report his whereabouts to the ...
After CONAD reorganized NORAD in 1958, Thorpe’s department began to report the whereabouts of Santa Claus to the world annually. NORAD will publish a phone number that everyone can call, especially on December 24, to find out where Santa Claus has been. The U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force...