Brooklyn, Jan. 11.
A series of mysterious noises in the sky, variously described as the sound of Of on rocks" a "big Blowlamp" and a "lion's roar," gave residents in this section of New York last night the weirdest scare since the "Martian Invasion" when a panic was caused among nervous listeners to a broadcast from Mr. H. G. Wells' novel, "The War of the the Worlds," in which the names of American towns had been substituted by the radio producer for the original place names in the book.
The police, who received over 400 calls from alarmed residents, rushed to the area from where the noises were reported and found terrified People, mostly in night attire, staring at the sky in which hurrying ace] clouds obscured a full moon. The suitably replied. watchers, describing the noises, said that somewhere from the clouds came a vibrating sound as of a distant aeroplane, rising and falling intensity, but they were unanimous in believing that it was not an aeroplane or anything else familiar to them.
The noises lasted a half an hour—Reuter.
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