Roswell & Area 51: The History and Mystery of the Two Most Famous UFO Conspiracy Sites in America by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2016-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

Written in 1898, it enjoyed a widespread popularity that might not have been possible several decades earlier, and yet it was seen as clearly a work of fiction, nothing for anyone living in the largely peaceful years of the turn of the 20th century to be concerned about. And yet, when Orson Welles did his famous broadcast based on the book 40 years later, speaking over the radio to listeners fearing both poverty at home and war overseas, the broadcast caused such an uproar that one United Press story observed, “The Federal Communications Commission investigated a radio program today which caused thousands of persons in every part of the country to believe that the eastern United States had been invaded by creatures from the planet Mars in the first engagement of a ‘war of the worlds.’ The hysteria following the one hour radio dramatic program swamped police and newspapers of New York City and of New Jersey towns and cities where the Martian adventurers were said to have landed, killing thousands of persons after they left their space rocket. But it was not limited to the East. In Indianapolis, an unidentified woman ran down the main aisle of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, crying: ‘The world is coming to an end.’ The congregation was hastily dismissed. In Toledo, O., three persons fainted at telephones while trying to call police. In Chicago, police reported that several persons ran out of restaurants without finishing their meals. In Salt Lake City, residents packed their belongings and were only dissuaded from fleeing their homes by proof that it was all just entertainment. But in the east, in the country being subjected to the ‘invasion,’ hysteria ran riot. Several persons came forward to swear they saw the rocket land and ‘strange creatures’ climb out of it. In Newark, N. J., hundreds fled from two city blocks, carrying what possessions they could snatch up in their flight.”

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