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The Invasion of the Planet Earth
In 19 38, wilson wells shocked american audiences with his performance of war of the worlds on c v s radio ports. He was observing several explosions of incandescent gas occurring at regular intervals on the planet's mars. The spectroscope indicates the gas to be hydrogen and moving toward the earth with enormous velocity. Some listeners who tuned in late panicked when they thought our planet really was being invaded by martians. It was, of course, a work of science fiction, adapted from the novel by h g Wells. Yet at the same time, there was a very real invasion taking place here on planet earth. But the earthlings under attack weren't human, and the invasion wasn
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