Record #:

14231

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Much like Orson Welles' War of the Worlds, a North Carolina radio personality decided to stage a false report of alien activity. Spurred by frequent appearance of flying saucer stories in newspapers across the state, the author wrote a story intended solely to mock those he read in the newspaper. His false flying saucer story aired at 10 p.m. on WPTF and resulted in panicked phone calls to the station. A transcript of the radio broadcast is printed in its entirety.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 10, Aug 1948, p3-4, 17

Subject(s):

Radio broadcasting