Guardian Australia · Television

‘Wow, it really worked!’: the 70s TV show that’s causing worldwide panic – 50 years later

· By Phil Tinline
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When UK mockumentary Alternative 3 tried to spook viewers that scientists were vanishing as part of a sinister space plot it succeeded. Today, the resulting conspiracy theory has even seen Trump’s government launch an investigation

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