occupant of Zagreb panicked last hebdomad when they hear radio report of UFO sighting . The station ’s diary keeper admitted to a War of the Worlds - inspired hoax , but arrogate this hoax held a deeper purpose .
Last week , the Croatian station Radio Antenna began broadcasting reports of an nameless flying aim , a bright situation of light seen move through the sky . The write up were apparently a planned hoax by the place ’s journalists and Kresimir Misak , the legion of the local science fiction show , “ On the Brink of Science . ” Much as Orson Welles staged his radio set broadcast of HG Well ’s The War of the Worlds to expose the public ’s gullibility , these hoaxsters claimed there was a power point to their deceit :
The Croatian radio journalist admitted only around noonday that their theme was a joke , aimed at ridiculing Mayor Milan Bandić ’s plan to twist Zagreb into a law fastness . Bandić destine to supply the law with a helicopter , an unmanned flight equipment , an armoured gondola and other special instruments , as well as to establish a fortified command inwardness . The journalist behind the joke had decided to test the dominance by faking a Martian onslaught on the air .
But the mayor was not the only one cozen by the program . Zagreb residents jammed up the phone cable with calls to relatives , the authorities , and the local fervour section . constabulary officials are currently investigate whether the reports resulted in any public hurt and plan to charge charge against those involved .
[ Balkan TravellersviaMarooned ]
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