Perhaps one of the most iconic and memorable but simultaneously terrifying memories of 1950s America was the fear of nuclear disaster. Referred to as mutually assured destruction, the looming ...

"The siren tone that we heard on Saturday, this week, is what we call the attack mode," said Eric Rasmussen, director of ...

Winnebago County owns and operates its 50 outdoor warning sirens. First installed in the 1950s, they were developed for Cold War air raid warnings, but in the 1970s, the sirens transitioned to ...

This is a special item of clothing. It's called a 'Siren Suit' because you could put it on when the air raid sirens started to wail. We think it was home-made and it was designed to be worn over ...