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Sir John Herschel was one of the most prominent and influential scientists and astronomers of his day. He is credited with discovering the many moons of Saturn, And helped invent the photographic process.

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In 1833, he moved to South Africa to continue his astronomical studies.

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In August of 1835, ”The Sun,” a popular newspaper in New York City, reported that, “by means of a telescope of vast dimensions and an entirely new principal,” Sir John had discovered planets in other solar systems. Then he trained his impressive telescope on the moon.

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There he found vast green forests, inland seas, lilac hued quartz pyramids, herds of bison, blue unicorns, spherical, rolling amphibious creatures, fire wielding and hut building biped beavers, and most astonishingly !

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Vespertilio-Homo

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The man-bat, flying humans living in harmony and peace. How do I know this? It was in the newspaper.

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“Great and Telling Tales from History”

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In 1938, radio listeners were horrified as they listened to news broadcasts detailing strange explosions on the surface of Mars, followed by numerous and unnaturally smooth meteors crashing to Earth. From one such meteor that landed in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey, emerged a tri-pedal war machine !

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!that marched on and decimated New York City. I know this is true. It was on the radio.

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In reality, it was the weekly CBS broadcast of “The Mercury Theater on the Air,” a program directed by the Broadway legend Orson Welles, for which he adapted classics of literature.

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On Halloween Eve in 1938, he presented an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ perennial classic, “The War of the Worlds.” He told the familiar story of earth invaded by Martians as a series of fake news broadcasts, periodically interrupting short programs of music.

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Even through the hour-long program was introduced as fiction and described as fiction during the half-hour break, even though the events, from the supposed launch of space craft from Mars to the destruction of NYC all occurred in less than 30 minutes, and even though the last half hour was a traditional narrative acted out for the microphone, enough listeners were convinced to create the legend of a panic. This might partially be explained by

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBisKB5l98

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It was on the television news.

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“Panorama” was Britain premier, flagship news program with a viewer ship of over 10 million. Richard Dimbleby was the show's highly respected and trusted anchor, the Walter Cronkite of Britain. His presentation of Southern Switzerland’s bumper spaghetti crop on April 1, 1957 is thought to be the first April Fool gag on broadcast television. Enough listeners wrote in to ask how to grow their own spaghetti that the BBC prepared a standard response: “Place a !

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http://youtu.be/hH5k-D8y9YM

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In 1995, video entrepreneur Ray Santilli revealed 17 minutes of grainy, silent black and white film of what was reputed to be documentary footage of the autopsy of an alien body in New Mexico in 1947. Fox Television used the footage as the basis of a highly successful television program, “Alien Autopsy - Fact or Fiction,” and Santilli made a small fortune in video sales and licensing of the footage.

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Warning - the footage is a bit gruesome. http://youtu.be/QzmmlaZ9b9I http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5830866813023883728

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Even though it has been proven and admitted a hoax, there are still those that believe that the footage represents an accurate re-enactment of footage that has yet to be released.

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THE-ROSWELL-ALIEN-AUTOPSY--4-5.mov http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7039109606537272722

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THE-ROSWELL-ALIEN-AUTOPSY--5-5.mov http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7039109606537272722

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Alien-Autopsy.mov http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7039109606537272722

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On June 25, 2009, the day that both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died, media outlets, including “Today New Zealand” reported that actor Jeff Goldblum had died in an accident while filming in New Zealand.

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The origin of the story - Twitter.

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Wikisecrets. Julian Assange and intelligence analyst Bradley Manning

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Hacktivists. Sony Pictures. CIA website. Cyber Terrorism Group

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Tupac-Shakur-Alive--Will-Smith-Dead--Internet-Rumor-Mill-Chu.mov

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Lulzsec-Final-Message.mov

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Video: Phoenix Letterman http://youtu.be/L2ZXUG1kKlw

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Video: I-m-Still-Here-Trailer-2010-HD.mov

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Vigilant consumer.