Notable time a National Emergency was mentioned in the news
Sudden Last Minute Immediate Ceremony & Swear in @ 14:27 video Sworn in Sept. 17th …Majestic 12 created days later.
Roswell crash 2 months eariler
The National Military Establishment came into existence on September 17, 1947, and James Forrestal was sworn in as its first Secretary of Defense on the same date. The next day, the United States Air Force achieved its independence. The three services were given primacy in their respective fields — the Army on land, the Navy on the sea, and the Air Force in the air — although the Navy retained an air arm and the Marines.