Editing NORAD (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Why NORAD Tracks Santa.jpg|thumb|A 1955 [[Sears]] ad with the misprinted telephone number that led to the NORAD Tracks Santa Program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norad.mil/AboutNORAD/NORADTracksSanta.aspx |title=North American Aerospace Defense Command – NORAD Tracks Santa |access-date=13 May 2014 |publisher=NORAD }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=24 December 2013 |title=Eastern Air Defense Sector to Track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve: New York Air Guardsman Once Again Will Help NORAD Track Santa |url=http://dmna.ny.gov/pressroom/?id=1388687134 |publisher=New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs |access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> [[NORAD Tracks Santa]] follows [[Santa Claus]]' Christmas Eve journey around the world.<ref name=SC-Santa>{{cite web|last=Pellerin|first=Cheryl|title=NORAD Gears Up to Track Santa Claus|url=http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-IN-NORAD-Gears-Up-to-Track-Santa-Claus-120711.aspx?et_cid=2364707&et_rid=220285976&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.scientificcomputing.com%2fnews-IN-NORAD-Gears-Up-to-Track-Santa-Claus-120711.aspx|work=Informatics|publisher=Scientific Computing|access-date=8 December 2011}}</ref> The service has expanded to various internet platforms and can be accessed seasonally by phone at: 1-877-HI-NORAD (multilingual)<ref>{{cite web|title=NORAD Tracks Santa|url=https://www.norad.mil/About-NORAD/NORAD-Tracks-Santa/
|publisher=North American Aerospace Defense Command|access-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>]]

=== In film and television ===

The NORAD command center located under [[Cheyenne Mountain]], Colorado is a setting of the 1983 film ''[[WarGames]]'' and the television series ''[[Jeremiah (TV series)|Jeremiah]]'' and ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''. In the 2014 film [[Interstellar (film)|''Interstellar'']], NORAD dissolves and its headquarters is converted for [[NASA]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Ben|title=From 'War Games' to 'Interstellar': NORAD's bunker is a film favorite|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/12/cheyenne-mountain-norad-pop-culture/71074868/|access-date=2021-12-08|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref> The 1970 movie, [[Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project | Colossus:The Forbin Project]] is largely based on NORAD.

In season 25 episode 4 of the TV series ''[[South Park]]'', NORAD is hacked into by Mr Mackey using late 1980s computer hardware.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-02 |title='South Park's Mr. Mackay Preps For Nuclear Attack In 'Back To The Cold War' Clip – Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/video/south-park-cold-war-promo-russia-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302150151/https://deadline.com/video/south-park-cold-war-promo-russia-ukraine/ |archive-date=2 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Santa tracker ===
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As a publicity move on 24 December 1955, NORAD's predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), informed the press that CONAD was tracking [[Santa Claus]]'s [[sleigh]], adding that "CONAD, [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Navy|Navy]] and [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] Air Forces will continue to track and guard Santa and his sleigh on his trip to and from the U.S. against possible attack from those who do not believe in Christmas". A Christmas Eve tradition was born,<ref name="appelbaum">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/12/yes-virginia-there-is-a-norad/421161/|title=Where Does NORAD's Santa Tracker Really Come From?|first=Yoni|last=Appelbaum|date=24 December 2015|website=theatlantic.com}}</ref> known as the "[[NORAD Tracks Santa]]" program. Every year on [[Christmas Eve]], "NORAD Tracks Santa" purports to track Santa Claus as he leaves the [[North Pole]] and delivers presents to children around the world. Today, NORAD relies on volunteers to make the program possible.<ref name="norad-santa">{{cite web |url=http://www.norad.mil/about/Santa.html |title=NORAD Tracks Santa |work=NORAD.mil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224050527/http://www.norad.mil/about/Santa.html |archive-date=24 December 2009 }}</ref>