The night the Martians landed on the radio
«Nothing came from Mars that night»
30 October 1938, 8 pm, New York. Orson Welles went on air with The War of the Worlds as a string of news bulletins — Martians at Grover's Mill, New Jersey — and some listeners who tuned in late believed it. This is the sky over the CBS studio while the broadcast ran. Every star in its true position. What's your night?
New York, USA · 30 October 1938 · 20:30 local · 40.7596° N · 73.9754° W
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Eight seconds over New York.
The era scene is an AI reconstruction. The sky above it is not — every star is computed from astronomical data for 30 October 1938, 20:30 local time.
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