reference to a famous radio dramatizationdone in 1938 by Orson Welles (American actor and filmmaker) of The War of the Worlds, the story of an invasion of the Earth by warriors from Mars. Welles's play included several fictional radio news reports about the invasion. Many listeners who missed the beginning of the play thought that they were hearing about an actualMartianattack, and panicked. —Narconon, Personal Values and Integrity Glossary