From a Washington Post article on the crisis:

"In the end, less than five minutes after the alert began, Petrov decided the launch reports must be false. He recalled making the tense decision under enormous stress – electronic maps and consoles were flashing as he held a phone in one hand and juggled an intercom in the other, trying to take in all the information at once."

Mr. Petrov's decision was to stay the course, and continue chalking the reports up to computer error. This likely went against everything he was taught. It was a battle between common reasoning and the expectations of others.

Later, when describing the manner in which the computers displayed reports of the missile launches, he would use the word "roaring". The system likely blipped at him with a few dots and dashes, but it roared.

Millions of lives were likely in jeopardy. That's loud enough a roar to make one deaf.

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Phonograph/Victrola BOXING DARKIES & RAGTIME RASTUS toy

Starting bid: $999.95

I'VE HAD THESE WONDERFUL ITEMS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. "BOXING DARKIES" AND "RAGTIME RASTUS" ATTACH TO YOUR PHONOGRAPH/VICTROLA. THE BOXERS BOX TO THE MUSIC AND RAGTIME RASTUS DOES A JIG. THIS ITEM IS FROM DAYS GONE BY AND SHOULD PROBABLY BE IN A MUSEUM SOMEWHERE. INCREDIBLY, I HAVE THE ORIGINAL BOX THAT THESE CAME IN. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER SET IN THE ORIGINAL BOX ANYWHERE IN ALL MY DAYS OF COMBING THROUGH ANTIQUE STORES. THE BOXERS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH MINOR PAINT LOSS WHERE THEY COLLIDE TOGETHER WHILE BOXING AND RAGTIME RASTUS IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE WITH SOME CHIPPING ON HIS CHEST AND LOWER LIP. THIS IS TRUE BLACK AMERICANA FOLK ART AT IT'S FINEST. PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES TO SEE THE WONDERFUL CONDITION OF THESE TOYS AS WELL AS THE BOX. RAGTIME RASTUS IS NOW BEING REPRODUCED AS ARE SO MANY OTHER ANTIQUE TOYS THAT HAVE SOARED IN VALUE OVER THE YEARS. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO WON ORIGINALS OF THESE WORKS OF ART. THE BOX REFERS TO THESE TOYS AS TALKING MACHINE TOYS, AUTOMATIC NOVELTIES FOR TALKING MACHINES. NATIONAL COMPANY OF BOSTON MASS. WAS THE MANUFACTURER. RAGTIME RASTUS ALONG WITH THE BOXERS WAS ITEM 100 A B AND ORIGINALLY SOLD FOR $1.75 IN 1915. GOOD LUCK ON THESE INCREDIBLY RARE ANTIQUE TOYS THAT GET LIVELY ON YOUR OLD PHONOGRAPH! INCLUDED IN THIS AUCTION IS ONE BASE, THE BOXING DARKIES, AND RAGTIME RASTUS. ONLY ONE CAN BE USED AT A TIME. A TRUE COLLECTOR'S GEM.