"A study by the Radio Project discovered that fewer than one third of frightened listeners understood the invaders to be aliens; most thought that they were lis

"A study by the Radio Project discovered that fewer than one third of frightened listeners understood the invaders to be aliens; most thought that they were listening to reports of a German invasion or of a natural catastrophe." Wow. Well if they're not going to listen enough to notice that it's Martians, not Germans, they're not going to hear the part about it being fiction.