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In addition to the "panic", there were apocryphal tales about local farmers getting their guns to fight the Martians. It was said that they shot at a water tow
by JoeDaDude 6y ago
In addition to the "panic", there were apocryphal tales about local farmers getting their guns to fight the Martians. It was said that they shot at a water tower, which in the dark, they thought was one of the tripods. That story was debunked by Skeptical Inquirer some time ago:
https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/shootout-with-martians-in-the-wake-of-the-1938-broadcast-panic/ https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/shootout-with-marti...
- samizdis 6y agoThere was a TV movie The Night That Panicked America made in the 1970s about the supposed public reaction to the broadcast by people who thought that they were being invaded. I think that featured people shooting at a water tower. Not a bad film, for the most part, if a little overly dramatic in places. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073454/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073454/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_That_Panicked_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_That_Panicked_Americ...