NORAD Santa Tracker 2009: Google Earth, Military Track Santa's Path (VIDEO)

Are you wondering: Where is Santa right now? Well the NORAD Santa Tracker can tell you.

For over 50 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has been tracking Santa's Christmas journey using its official Santa Tracker, which plots St. Nick's path around the world.

The tracker has gotten an update recently, as NORAD has partnered with Google to let you track Santa on Google Earth (and in 3D no less!).

Watch Santa and his reindeer as they zoom past 3D landmarks all like the Champs Elysees, Taj Mahal, and Empire State Building en route to delivering presents and Christmas cheer (see video below).

The NORAD Santa Tracker can also "send Santa to your phone" so you can track him on-the-go, and will also be posting updates on his progress on Twitter.

How does it work? NORAD explains they use "four high-tech systems to track Santa - radar, satellites, Santa Cams and fighter jets."

At 8:14 ET on Christmas Eve, NORAD showed Santa to be in the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, saying his next stop would be Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

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[wdw505]

11:52 PM on 12/27/2009

wow did he fly into that building

[GrizzlyBowman]

12:31 AM on 12/26/2009

Santa didn't bring me the Archaeology book I wanted.

[jsarets]

03:03 AM on 12/25/2009

If NORAD can track a fictitious symbol of Christian consumerism, than why can't we track a deceased symbol of Islamic terrorism? The key seems to be to just make it up!

[Emucrat]

03:02 AM on 12/25/2009

Man, if you follow him in Google Earth, you realize that he is actually flying around the same speed as the ISS.

[VanderVeer]

01:38 AM on 12/25/2009

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[Mohd Ashaari]

01:08 AM on 12/25/2009

take a look.. merry xmas to all

http://news.limauais.com/santa-tracker-norad-santa-claus-tracker-2009/

[Tex1969]

08:48 PM on 12/24/2009

NORAD's Santa Tracker is always fun. Merry Christmas!

[bensisco]

08:33 PM on 12/24/2009

Oh boy! Too bad we all grow up. I used to get excited about this stuff before the realities of life set in.

[seedoubleyou]

03:33 PM on 12/24/2009

So we have no money for veteran hospitals but we can afford to track Santa around the world? Interesting.

[Kevin Ting]

03:18 PM on 12/24/2009

"Santa was track into unauthorized airspace. F-16s were dispatched and after failing yield Santa is put down. Have a nice Christmas."

[Colin Cameron-Tough]

03:09 PM on 12/24/2009

Are you wondering: Where is Santa right now? Well the NORAD Santa Tracker can tell you.

Wow, now we know where the $'s go! They can track a figment of imagination but they and the CIA cannot track Osama bin Laden. For gawds sake, can the money be spent on something real... or was 911 just a ploy to let some rich bas*tards knock down the windows of the world / twin towers, et al, while killing 3,000+ folks who will never see Santa Claus (Father Christmas) again while getting the architects, builders, etc., millions of $'s for some of the far fetched rebuild in NYC (The Big Apple)... ooops, there's that Apple again, so let's not forget the thousands of Mac's sold for the boys and girls to create their fantasies and benefit all.

Start up (restart) the 'Comanche' program and lets really use stealth technology to find Osama and if Santa actually exists!? Just a proposal. LOL

[ssmigs]

02:20 PM on 12/24/2009

INS should check his green card. Santa is taking jobs away from Americans.

[Statler N Waldorf]

02:22 PM on 12/24/2009

Indeed. Plus, there's no evidence that he speaks English. We cannot allow non-English speaking in this country, particularly around children.

[hypnotoad72]

08:35 AM on 12/25/2009

After Americans train them!

http://www.google.com/search?q=americans+train+replacements&btnG=Google+Search

[alex98]

02:04 PM on 12/24/2009

It seems NORAD is recycling last years route some of my pictures on Panoramio are being featured again this year... pretty lame ...

[Skygazer]

01:48 PM on 12/24/2009

The heartwarming story of Why NORAD tracks Santa: http://www.noradsanta.org/en/whytrack.html

Guess they don't make em like Col. Shoup anymore. RIP.

[Statler N Waldorf]

01:44 PM on 12/24/2009

If Santa's sleigh had gotten hijacked by Al Quadea, would we shoot it down?

[Babele]

01:53 PM on 12/24/2009

When Al Qae da flies anything it is magical and cannot be touched by our military!

[Statler N Waldorf]

01:56 PM on 12/24/2009

Are you saying Santa is holding out for 72 virgins?

[alex98]

02:11 PM on 12/24/2009

So how does your theory work with the conspiracy that they shot down flight 93 ? ( not that I believe that ) just seems like a conspiracy conundrum ...

[Domenica Iacovone]

02:28 PM on 12/24/2009

Sarah would from her back porch.

[Statler N Waldorf]

04:44 PM on 12/24/2009

Nah. She prefers to shoot animals from helicopters