curious fings

God, I remember reading about this “extra terrestrial broadcast” in the Fortean Times AGES ago.

occultist:

carsonsuggs:

The Southern Television broadcast hoax was a broadcast interruption through the Hannington transmitter of the Independent Broadcasting Authority in the UK at 5:10 p.m. on November 26, 1977. The transmission itself claimed to be from an extraterrestrial being.

A speaker interrupted transmissions for six minutes and claimed to be a representative of an “Intergalactic Association.” Reports of the incident vary, some calling the speaker “Vrillion,” or “Gillion,” others “Asteron.” The voice, which was disguised and accompanied by deep buzzing, broke into the broadcast of the local ITV station Southern Television, overriding the UHF audio signal of the early-evening news being read by Ivor Mills from ITN, warning viewers that “All your weapons of evil must be destroyed” and “You have but a short time to learn to live together in peace.”

Awesome and fascinating story.

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