Abstract: An Alarm system for furnishing an alarm signal in response to unauthorized entry through a passage connecting the outside to the interior of a building, wherein a first detecting device furnishes a first output signal when sensing the presence of a person in a first portion of the passage. A second detecting device nearer the outside of the building furnishes a second output signal when sensing the approach of a person. An evaluating circuit receives the output signals and initiates an alarm signal only if the second output signal is furnished prior to the first output signal.