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Invasion from Mars hoax

Invasion from Mars hoax
10/30/1938 AD performed

A terrified 1/6 of the US public found it credible that Martians had deliberately moved to New Jersey during Orson Welles radio broadcast of HG Wells A War of the Worlds

Los Angeles, CA

Lattitude: 34.05° N
Longitude: 118.25° W
Region: North America

Modern Day United States

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Orson Welles American actor, director...

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Press Conference — Orson Welles tells reporters that no one connected with the broadcast had any idea that it would cause panic (October 31, 1938)
Photo Credit: By Acme News Photos - eBayfrontback, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37849780

Press Conference Orson Welles tells reporters that no one connected with the broadcast had any idea that it would cause panic (October 31, 1938)

Editorial Cartoon — Radio Digest reprinted the script of The War of the Worlds "as a commentary on the nervous state of our nation after the Pact of Munich" – prefaced by this editorial cartoon by Les Callan of The Toronto Star (February 1939)
Photo Credit: By The Cecelia Company, 731 Plymouth Court, Chicago, Illinois; M. L. Annenberg, Publisher - Self scan of page 113 of Radio Digest, Volume 1 Number 1, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43985287

Editorial Cartoon Radio Digest reprinted the script of The War of the Worlds "as a commentary on the nervous state of our nation after the Pact of Munich" – prefaced by this editorial cartoon by Les Callan of The Toronto Star (February 1939)

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