War of the Worlds

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War of the Worlds

On October 30, 1938, the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) broadcast an adaptation of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. The hour-long radio program began with an announcer introducing a musical performance and moments later interrupting with a special news bulletin describing the landing of Martians in New Jersey and their subsequent attacks with death rays. Although CBS made four announcements during the broadcast identifying it as a dramatic performance.

The psychological & sociological effects  of the beginnings of radio and television were not well thought through.   If they were, responsible programing would have advertised this show far in advanced and prepared the people for it.   This broadcast  appears to have been a psychological experiment with an out clause. 

It is no secret now that America’s fondness for UFOs created  a very special culture and a gang of films in the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s 80s, 90s into the 21st  century.   I should know. The UFO culture, which came to be an international culture,  is very much ingrained in me and I channel it through my love for all things NASA and the creation of Angelcraft Aerospace.

Of much media that is out there,  Star Trek by Gene Roddenberry, ET, Contact, Apollo 13, Close Encounters and few other remain my favorite.   I even like the War of Worlds remake by Tom Cruise.  With concern to the original the War of Worlds broadcast records state that it scared millions of Americans  who wrote many wrote letters to the Federal Communications Commission created for just such an emergency.

“Jitterbugs” and “Crack-pots” | National Archives and our PDF should match up perfectly.

The desk of JV Agnvs Dei Verbvm Dei Filvs Dei Jose Maria Chavira M.S. Adagio 1st Primogenitvs Filvs Dei Hominis Espiritvs Dominus Dominorum et Rex Regum et Reginarum nom de plume JC Angelcraft The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 205007

Published on: Oct 3, 2017