[GreenKeys] UPI Retype

[Robert Nickels]

On 12/4/2021 12:10 PM, tony.podrasky wrote:
> original copy of the Teletype printout of the shooting of JFK. 

That was way before my time but I was working part-time at the local 
radio station when the Feb. 20 1971 EBS false alarm was sent.   By the 
time I got in for my Saturday afternoon shift the excitement was all 
over, but I had all those teletype printouts from the AP wire and the 
opened EBS packet because I read through them between records.    Now I 
wish I'd hung onto them!

For those who may not remember, I'll paste part of the wikipedia summary 
of the event below.

73, Bob W9RAN

A properly authenticated Emergency Action Notification was incorrectly 
sent to United States broadcast stations at 9:33 a.m. Eastern Standard 
Time on February 20, 1971.   At the usual time a weekly EAN test was 
performed, teletype operator W.S. Eberhart had three tapes in front of 
him: a test tape, and two tapes indicating a real emergency, instructing 
the use of EAN Message #1, and #2, respectively. He inadvertently used 
the wrong tape, which used an incorrect codeword, "HATEFULNESS". The 
message ordered stations to cease regular programming immediately, and 
begin an Emergency Action Notification using Message #1.   Message 1 
stated that regular programming had been interrupted at the request of 
the United States government, but was not specific about the cause. A 
cancellation message was sent at 9:59 a.m. EST, but it used the same 
codeword as the original message.   A cancellation message with the 
correct codeword was not sent until 10:13 a.m. EST. After 40 minutes and 
six incorrect or improperly formatted cancellation messages, the 
accidental activation was officially terminated.