I had recurring nightmares about a malfunctioning nuclear warhead that slowed abnormally and spiraled in a flat spin leaving a smoke/vapor trail as it neared it

I had recurring nightmares about a malfunctioning nuclear warhead that slowed abnormally and spiraled in a flat spin leaving a smoke/vapor trail as it neared its ultimate detonation height. The movie Red Dawn was the ultimate manifestation of 80's red hysteria and triumphal American exceptionalism. ~625 scanlines (PAL)? We only had ~480 scan lines with NTSC. My parents had a roof-mounted VHF/UHF antenna that could be electrically rotated with a dial. Looking something like this Antenna: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.ylm7vXEjqyiUuOG4Oh17yQHaFE%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=a0b9cb4860702eddad33898769124e7a290a6cca6468fdc7ade7a62a4aac8d33&ipo=images https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2F... Channel Master: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WXgAAOSwGJJfoJlz/s-l640.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/WXgAAOSwGJJfoJlz/s-l640.jpg My grandparents had an analog HBO pirate cheat box with a fixed, directional antenna. I remember watching George Carlin standup specials.