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Friday, 31 January 2025

“You Have But A Short Time To Live Together In Peace & Goodwill” – A 1977 Extraterrestrial Hoax?

 On November 26th, 1977, there was a broadcast (Television) interruption in parts of South, South-east, and South-west England. Southern Television was the licence holder for the service, headquartered in Southampton and Dover, and broadcast from the transmitters at Dover, Bluebell Hill, and Hannington. The interruption made headlines across the world and the event still remains a complete mystery. These headlines were responsible for causing a degree of panic at the time.

“I'd first like to refer to the recording itself of the complete message, one thing that struck me was that there was in fact nothing threatening whatsoever on the tape, and I was aware that most of the newspaper reports said it was threatening and frightening and so on, and so forth, and I just want to point out that that's sort-of a projection of the fears onto the material itself rather than the reality.”


- Sir John Henry Douglas Whitmore, interviewed by British radio and television presenter Bob Holness in December 1977.

A popular clip that can be found all over the internet today shows Southern TV’s news anchor Andrew Gardner relaying the day’s news when all of a sudden, the TVs of those who were watching went blurry. The broadcast was replaced by a distorted voice that delivered a message for approximately six minutes....<<<Read More>>>...