2. When news spread that extraterrestrials were poised to attack the planet, many people dismissed it as a hoax. They wore smug and knowing looks as they reminded their friends about Orson Welles' fictitious alien invasion and the panic it once caused. As to why governments would perpetuate a mere hoax, the reply tended to be that Hollywood was very influential -- and world leaders were going along with it to appease the "cinema-industrial complex".
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