Martian Landing Site

Martian Landing Site (HM1764)

Location: West Windsor Township, NJ 08550 Mercer County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 18.765', W 74° 36.333'

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On the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre presented a dramatization of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds as adapted by Howard Koch. This was to become a landmark in broadcast history, provoking continuing thought about media responsibility, social psychology and civil defense. For a brief time as many as one million people throughout the country believed that Martians had invaded the Earth, beginning with Grover's Mill, New Jersey.
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HM NumberHM1764
Series This marker is part of the Strange But True series, and the More Than Words series.
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Year Placed1988
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Date Added Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 5:50pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 533516 N 4462544
Decimal Degrees40.31275000, -74.60555000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 18.765', W 74° 36.333'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 18' 45.90" N, 74° 36' 19.98" W
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Area Code(s)609
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 218 Cranbury Rd, West Windsor Township NJ 08550, US
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