This is the first in a series of articles on what the Bible says about UFOs and aliens.

The radio announcer tried to hide his panic as he spoke: “Ladies and gentlemen, I have a grave announcement to make. Incredible as it may seem, both the observations of science and the evidence of our eyes lead us to the inescapable conclusion that those strange beings who landed in the Jersey farmlands tonight are the vanguard of an invading army from the planet Mars.”¹

The CBS presentation of Orson Welles and his Mercury Theater was intended to entertain a dial-happy radio audience in the fall of 1938. Instead, it sent the world into panic. Shortly after signing off, Welles and his colleagues learned the unintended consequences of their broadcast.

Hundreds of thousands of screaming Americans had taken to the streets. Governors were begging their constituents to believe that martial law had not been declared. Weeping families jammed houses of worship, seeking absolution from their sins before the Martians descended on their towns. 

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