How a child's accidental call to a top-secret phone line launched NORAD's Santa Tracker

It began nearly 70 years ago when a five-year-old called a top-secret emergency line reserved for the U.S. president and four-star generals and asked, "Hello, is this Santa?"

How a child's accidental call to a top-secret phone line launched NORAD's Santa Tracker
Santa looks over a map.

It began nearly 70 years ago when a five-year-old called a top-secret emergency line reserved for the U.S. president and four-star generals and asked, "Hello, is this Santa?"