![ThinkGeek on Twitter: "Today in Geek History: Aliens are invading! In 1938, Orson Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds aired. http://t.co/nnD3Eh7NTu" / Twitter ThinkGeek on Twitter: "Today in Geek History: Aliens are invading! In 1938, Orson Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds aired. http://t.co/nnD3Eh7NTu" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1Mq0NWIAAApvIn.jpg)
ThinkGeek on Twitter: "Today in Geek History: Aliens are invading! In 1938, Orson Welles' radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds aired. http://t.co/nnD3Eh7NTu" / Twitter
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The Infamous "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke | History| Smithsonian Magazine
🇺🇸 Hello dear media. Back in 1938, Orson Wells faked an alien invasion on the radio. Almost a century later, thanks to you, I just did the same prank.... | By Rémi
![It's been 80 years since Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast terrified the nation - ABC News It's been 80 years since Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast terrified the nation - ABC News](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/orson-wells-gty-jef-181029_hpMain_16x9_384.jpg)
It's been 80 years since Orson Welles' 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast terrified the nation - ABC News
![War of the Worlds: Rockefeller Philanthropies, Disinformation, and Media Literacy in the 1930s - REsource War of the Worlds: Rockefeller Philanthropies, Disinformation, and Media Literacy in the 1930s - REsource](https://s30471.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/98205154_Page_1_Display-634x1024.jpg)
War of the Worlds: Rockefeller Philanthropies, Disinformation, and Media Literacy in the 1930s - REsource
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The 'Alien Invasion' Radio Broadcast: Would it Terrify Listeners today as it did 82 years ago? - RadioInfo Australia
![Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria. Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria.](https://compote.slate.com/images/0d1e213a-79e7-4b4d-9a3c-fe762e0bd6c6.jpg)
Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic myth: The infamous radio broadcast did not cause a nationwide hysteria.
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The Infamous "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke | History| Smithsonian Magazine
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The Infamous "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast Was a Magnificent Fluke | History| Smithsonian Magazine
![The Fake News of Orson Welles: The War of the Worlds at 80 | The National Endowment for the Humanities The Fake News of Orson Welles: The War of the Worlds at 80 | The National Endowment for the Humanities](https://www.neh.gov/sites/default/files/2018-10/Orson_Welles-01-square.jpg)