Nuclear Missiles - Cyrus

The article I read was about a Russian officer during the Cold War who was in charge of overseeing the launch of nuclear missiles. He saw that there was a confirmation of the launch of five missiles on their way to destroy Russia. He thought that there was a glitch in the system, however he was not fully confident of this. He was left with a choice, he could either sit there relying that it was just a glitch running the risk of his country getting destroyed and not doing anything about it, or to send a counter strike destroying America in retaliation. Now, if he destroyed America and it was just a glitch he would end up starting an all-out war. He decided to do nothing hoping it was just a glitch. Turns out he was right.  The satellites were in the wrong orbit and they detected the light rays reflecting of the clouds as missiles. 

https://www.damninteresting.com/a-hairsbreadth-from-utter-destruction/