Question: Before Orson Welles’ radio broadcast brought a fictional Martian invasion to New Jersey, which country did they invade in the original novel?
Answer: England. H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel The War of the Worlds depicted a Martian invasion of England. The Oct. 30, 1938, radio adaptation moved the landing site to Grovers Mill, New Jersey, using realistic news bulletins that some listeners mistook for reports of a real attack.
