Last night a crew of volunteers at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) successfully tracked Santa over the span of 31 hours as he crossed the globe at speeds up to 2,326,413 miles per hour. Considering that the speed of sound is 768 miles per hour, it is safe to say that Santa’s sleigh is fast.
Rudolph and his fellow reindeer definitely earned their carrots for the work they did last night. NORAD has continuously tracked Santa’s annual trip for over 50 years. Tracking Santa’s progression around the globe is a time-honored tradition at NORAD that began in 1955 when Sears and Roebuck & Co. accidentally used NORAD’s phone number in an advertisement for Santa. Ever since then, NORAD has used 47 radar installations, countless satellites, Santa cams, and unarmed fighter jets to determine Santa’s whereabouts.
The final report from NORAD this morning confirmed Santa’s triumphant return to his home at the North Pole where his wife was patiently awaiting his arrival with a steaming cup of cocoa overflowing with marshmallows. He will need all of the rest that he can get in order to repeat his trip next year while maintaining a pace that is faster than lighting.
NORAD Rocks!!!! My kids followed Santa all day yesterday until late last night!! What a blast it was to see their excitement!!
Thanks!
Kim
great!!!!
This should be illegal. Publishing a story so seriously. What else is a lie, a cover up. Who else is discredited & made a joke of to hide something.
God bless the DOD. This is a wonderful service. My young grandchildren where enthralled.
How exactly would you unsuccessfully track Santa?
I don’t know who the hack is who wrote the article, but for your information the speed of lightning is in excess of 186,282 miles per SECOND. Therefore Santa at his best was therefore only going about 20% of lightspeed.
However, his elves must have invented inertialess drive in order to get his sleigh going as fast as it did, and THAT would make a fantastic gift to NASA.
I think it’s wrong when sites like this and news stations make fake reports about “Santa”. It’s one thing to play make-believe with small children, but when they discover that even the media is perpetuating the lie (at this point, it does cross the line between pretend and a lie), what will they think? How can they trust what they see and hear when they find out even industry professionals were complicit in deceiving them? Maybe it will be a rude early awakening about trust. After all, politicians and the media are deceptive to adults as well. But still, do you really need to go to such lengths to trick little kids?
A federal journal I subscribe to claimed that 1,200 federal government employees have been working on the “Track Santa” program.
What Rubbish, santa isn’t real. the ones who are releasing such rubbish should be sued for publishing misleading information