{"id":2636,"date":"2010-08-11T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2010-08-11T13:49:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T17:49:27","slug":"9-11-exercises-cheyenne-mt-call-to-neads-routine-admin-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"9-11: exercises; Cheyenne Mt call to NEADS, routine admin request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Previously, I have written about the inadequacy of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/?cat=19\" target=\"_blank\">Alderson transcription<\/a> <\/strong>of NEADS audio files.\u00a0 I recommend that researchers and historians use the transcripts in conjunction with the audio files and, if appropriate, the radar files.\u00a0 In other words, rely on primary source information.\u00a0 The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how an apparent dramatic call, out of context, from Cheyenne Mountain to NEADS, turns out to be a simple administrative action, not apparent from a simple reading of the Alderson transcript.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The relevant conversation is contained in NEADS audio file DRM2, DAT1, Channel 20, SD2 position.\u00a0 The audio file was recorded at the position of Captain Brian Nagel.\u00a0 He was dealing with track B089 (D 1989); the track that NORAD in the aftermath will conflate with concurrent information received about UA 93.<\/p>\n<p>Nagel was busy trying to generate fighter assets from anywhere he could get them; Syracuse, Selfridge, Alpina, Springfield, and Toledo are mentioned.\u00a0 Approximately 10:12, Nagel received a call from Captain Taylor, Cheyenne Mountain tech control.\u00a0 Taylor asked that exercise inputs coming into Cheyenne Mountain be terminated.<\/p>\n<p>Nagel, busy with real world activity, simply gave Taylor and administrative number to call.\u00a0 The call, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/101200-Cheyenne-Mt-Call.mp3\">101200 Cheyenne Mt Call<\/a><\/strong>, lasted just 15 seconds.\u00a0 Nagel effeciently and effectively handled the call; it had no impact on his work.\u00a0 In fact exercise activity is never mentioned during Nagel&#8217;s work to generate additional fighter resources.<\/p>\n<p>A listen to Nagel&#8217;s work will serve researches and historians well as they strive to put together the pieces of the NEADS story.\u00a0 Nagel&#8217;s position was &#8220;SD2,&#8221; Senior Director 2.\u00a0 He worked directly for the Senior Director, Major Fox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background Previously, I have written about the inadequacy of the Alderson transcription of NEADS audio files.\u00a0 I recommend that researchers and historians use the transcripts in conjunction with the audio files and, if appropriate, the radar files.\u00a0 In other words, rely on primary source information.\u00a0 The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/?p=2636\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">9-11: exercises; Cheyenne Mt call to NEADS, routine admin request<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exercises-war-games"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2644,"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oredigger61.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}