Views : 3,863,583
Genre: Entertainment
Date of upload: Dec 16, 2010 ^^
Rating : 4.876 (1,455/45,519 LTDR)
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My 5th grade teacher showed the whole class this broadcast but before he put it on he asked us, a class of 5th graders in 2002; âdid you guys know that aliens invaded us in 1939 and we have the whole thing recorded on radio?â As if we fought off invading aliens in 1939 and everything was normal again by now. Totally fooled us
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After the initial scare, my father quickly figured out it wasnât real while the rest of the family panicked. He started going around the radio dial to see what other stations were reporting, and discovered no other station was reporting it. If the Martians had invaded, every station would have broadcast it. He calmed everyone down and they finally believed him. Him spinning around the radio dial continued with television. He was a world champion channel surfer.
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My late mother heard this in 1938. Oddly, the children back then were the group LEAST likely to believe this was real. The action was happening too rapidly to be realistic and, most importantly, they recognized the voice of âProfessor Piersonâ as being the same as that of Lamont Cranston, the protagonist of the popular âThe Shadowâ crime-fighter show.
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17:45 that part where the reporter is describing the heat ray attack and people are screaming followed by the transmission suddenly cutting off is legitimately scary.
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I listen to this every October 30th at 6:30 P.M. as a tradition to be apart of this historic event.
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I love how authentic this broadcast feels, with the characters asking and doing things that are exactly what happens in real broadcasts, further tricking you into believing its real. Though this broadcast is probably more well known for the panic that followed because of it, it's still a very entertaining and great story.
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I was born 1962, long after this production. I remember my parents talking about it. I had heard about it my whole life. At the age of 52, I finally borrowed this from the library on CD, I went home popped it in and sat down to listen. To my surprise the broadcast sounded so real, I was amazed! After listening, I understood why it caused such a response! I am now 58yrs old and about to share this with my 77 yr old mother. Very well done broadcast!!
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@NJNinni
4 years ago
I was 12 years old listening to this with my Mother and Father and 2 brothers from Morristown New Jersey we were all scared to death except my Dad who kept saying screw those damn Martians.
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