On October 30th, 1938, people all across the country turned on their radios to hear what sounded like a pretty scary news report.

It claimed that an unknown object, seemingly alien, had fallen on a farm in Grover's Mill, New Jersey.

As the updates continued, it led audiences to believe the United States was physically under

attack by extraterrestrial forces.

None of this was actually happening, of course.

It was actually a radio play by Orson Wells called The War of the Worlds.

But for the people who tuned in late and didn't hear the disclaimers, was it all fake?

Well, I can only imagine how freaking terrifying that must have been.

The next day, there were headlines like fake radio war stirs terror through the U.S.

Reports spoke of families jumping into their cars and fleeing the invasion, which probably

showed the government, if this ever happened for real, we have to be prepared for two things.

Fight back and keep it under wraps.

Cut to four years later, February 24, 1942, that night a large unidentified

object appeared over Los Angeles. The military acted swiftly, firing over a thousand rounds at this

UFO. And while it didn't fire back, they didn't manage to shoot it down. They couldn't keep it from the public like they'd

hoped either. So the military called it everything from a weather balloon to an attack from

Japanese forces. But after looking at all the evidence, or rather lack thereof, Orson

Wells' story about an alien invasion seems closer to the truth.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is so supernatural.

Music The The Welcome back. I'm Yvette Jintili.

And I'm her sister Rasha Pecorero.

And y'all know that Rasha and I love a good UFO case, but the Battle of Los Angeles stands out

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