now we are kicking off the show this evening with a special preview of the documentary Cold War secrets of northern Minnesota the film focuses on the role Northern Minnesota played in the pivotal time of the Cold War as well as the lasting Fallout that remains to this day let's take a look well because I have a truck with a covered box uh I volunteered to uh make the trip up to elely to pick up this missile this is the top secret mission yes and we don't have any armed guards or anything like that well it's a a mini Convoy but it is top secret so nobody's going to know about it except us [Music] come on in uh did you want to go down and take a look at the thing see if it's worth your while oh I know it's worth your while really oh absolutely oh my god well come on I just can't believe there was so much of a fuss about this missile that's crazy it's just been hanging here for decades well there it is wow really no kidy and there's the base it w it goes on oh that's fantastic I'm glad it's not a real one we had first of all no idea that there even existed a model of this bmart missile of the type that was housed at the bmart missile site near French river near duth it is very unique to find it in kind of out of the place like elely Minnesota I'm currently serving as the president of the Board of Governors for the St Louis County Historical Society and uh this missile it's going to be used as part of the theth and the Cold War exhibit that we have at the uh Depot in duth well I don't know why my husband thought he had to have it but oh when the when the site closed down I don't know if the guys just went around looking for souvenirs or MOS I have no idea I I I think he asked if he could take it I don't I don't he just walked off with it well I saw on TV that there was going to be a program at the Depot regarding the air base's role in the Cold War and someone mentioned the bowar missile site and I thought oh my god I've got a missile in my my basement maybe they want it that's exactly how it happened I didn't think it mattered to anybody oh it's fabulous it's absolutely fabulous and to have the have the units logo on here it's just say when I mean they were ready they were ready say when and we'll do it my husband Gerald Jacobson was a missile maintenance technician I guess you'd call it you know after he passed away I thought well you know what am I going to do with this thing I think he would be very relieved to know that it's going to a a better place oh boy is it going to work oh there we go we've just finished picking it up it's in great shape well as we parted company today uh she ended the conversation by saying enjoy your missile unusual [Music] we all know the atomic bomb is very dangerous but we are not without personal weapons or defense with the Cold War and the threat of nuclear attack Deluth air defense would protect the nation we must be ready all the time for the atomic bomb [Music] see