1977: Aliens Hijack the Evening News
The Southern Television broadcast interruption that hit south England in November, 1977 sounds like something genuinely out of science fiction. No, really, just listen to it; that night’s news drawl gets suddenly interrupted and warped, before the voice of the newscaster mutes and gets replaced by a soothing drone claiming to represent “Ashtar Galactic Command,” sending a message down to humanity to abandon its weapons. The roughly six minute drone went on to explain that our planet was in a “New Age of Aquarius,” that could only be realized if “rulers are made aware of the evil forces that can overshadow their judgments.”
“May you be blessed by the supreme love and truth of the Cosmos,” the message concluded, before returning Englanders back to their usual news. The hijacker still hasn’t been found.
