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The War of the Worlds

The claims the writer was given for The War of the Worlds, in the order they were given.

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    According to Annie Jacobsen's book, Joseph Stalin intended the Roswell craft to land in New Mexico and cause a War of the Worlds-style panic.

    “Joseph Stalin supposedly intended the craft to land at New Mexico and cause a War of the Worlds-style panic.”

    In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch18:2655-2759 hearsay second hand

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    Orson Welles's 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds sparked alarm among some listeners who thought an alien invasion was actually underway.

    “In 1938, Orson Welles’ radio adaption from New York of HG Wells’ 1897 novel The War of the Worlds sparked alarm among some of his audience, who thought an alien invasion was actually underway.”

    In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:1901-2086 observation

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    In 1938, Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation from New York of H. G. Wells's 1897 novel The War of the Worlds.

    “In 1938, Orson Welles’ radio adaption from New York of HG Wells’ 1897 novel The War of the Worlds sparked alarm among some of his audience, who thought an alien invasion was actually underway.”

    In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:1901-2086 administrative

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    Recent research suggests the popular belief that Orson Welles's radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds caused a mass national panic was exaggerated, and the panic narrative was whipped up after the broadcast by a rival media 'beat-up'.

    “It has become a popular myth that Wells’ radio show caused a mass national panic about an alien invasion, but recent research suggests this was exaggerated; it was whipped up after the broadcast by what would today be called a rival media ‘beat-up’.”

    In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch7:2096-2341 opinion

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    Paulo Roberto Yog de Miranda Uchôa's description of the Colares Incidents was not consistent with any known Soviet strategy or capability, and was closer to H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, an airborne alien invasion.

    “But what Uchôa described was not consistent with any known Soviet strategy or capability. His scenario was closer to H. G. Wells’s *War of the Worlds*. An airborne alien invasion.”

    Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch10:9777-9947 opinion first hand

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    Sean Chittle said Steven Spielberg used the Grey alien depiction in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and deviated from it somewhat in War of the Worlds and Super 8.

    “he'd used that version in E.T., Close Encounters, War of the Worlds and Super 8. Oh, no, deviated from it a bit with War of the Worlds and Super 8.”

    Ross Coulthart Answers Your Biggest UAP Questions | Reality Check with Ross Coulthart 2026-08-11 00:12:20.2-00:12:28.4 testimony second hand

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