"Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact :Many Flee Homes to Escape 'Gas Raid From Mars'--Phone Calls Swamp Police at Broadcast of Wells Fantasy RADIO WAR DRAMA CREATES A PANIC Geologists at Princeton Hunt 'Meteor' in Vain They're Bombing New Jersey!" Message From the Police Harlem Shaken By the "News" Record Westchester Calls Prayers for Deliverance Columbia Explains Broadcast SCARE IS NATION-WIDE Broadcast Spreads Fear in New Enland, the South and Wet WASHINGTON MAY ACT Review of Broadcast by the Federal Commission Possible. " New York Times (1857-Current file)  [New York, N.Y.] 31  Oct. 1938,1. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004). ProQuest.  ***Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY***.  9 Jan. 2008 <http://www.proquest.com/>An actor, Welles read a story by an author whose surname was pronounced the same as his.   Although this hoax did not incite a War Of The Worlds, it did cause panic and led to laws involving radio broadcasts.

" welles" or "war of the worlds"   October 31, 1938

"CAMERA MAN IN CHINA STRIPPED; SAVES FILM :Held Up Six Times by Chinese, Once by Japanese on Trek. " New York Times (1857-Current file)  [New York, N.Y.] 31  Oct. 1938,2. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004). ProQuest.  ***INSERT Library name or system, City, State***.  9 Jan. 2008 <http://www.proquest.com/>