1. ALIEN ATTACK
invaded by aliens
Adam Koch NewYork
the army has been defeated
five ships of extraterrestrial stay away from bridges

2. THE
YEAR Orson
WAS
Ten years before the Welles Had a regular weekly
1938 radio program performing
introduction of television
dramas.
Radio programs were
very popular
NEWS MUSIC WEATHER DRAMAS
REPORTS

3. One million of
The story was from a people thought it
book, that was written
in 1898. was real
At the
beginning, Welles
introduced The War of Six million people
the Worlds as a drama listened to Welles
Was of the Worlds
program
The show sounded like
a real news report
about aliens.

4. NO ONE IS SURE HOW
MANY PEOPLE
THOUGHT THE RADIO
PROGRAM WAS A REAL
NEWS PROGRAM.
MANY PEOPLE RAN INTO THE
STREET, BUT DID NOT KNOW
WHAT TO DO. EVEN THE
ARMY AND THE POLICE WERE
MISLED. MANY TRUCKLOADS
OF SOLDIERS A POLICEMAN
WENT NORTH IN SEARCH OF
THE ALIENS.
OTHER PEOPLE GOT IN
THEIR CARS AND LEFT
CITIES TO ESCAPE THE
ALIENS.
MANY PEOPLE CALLED
TO POLICE TO ASK FOR
HELP

5. ONE POLICE
STATION
RECEIVED 2,000
EMERGENCY
CALLS IN TWO
HOURS.
IT WAS JUST A
DRAMA, BUT
MANY PEOPLE
PANICKED.
IN 1949, A MAN NAMED
LEONARDO PAEZ HEARD
THE STYORY AND LOVED
IT.
PAEZ WORKED FOR A
RADIO STATION IN
ECUADOR. HE DECIDED
THE COPY THE SHOW.
PAEZ CHANGED THE
STORY TO INCLUDE
PLACES AND PEOPLE IN
ECUADOR