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Martian Landing Site
District 5NR Obscura A Chronicle of local legends , unusual places , and peculiarities in District Fifth Northern .
Composed of three states ( DE , NJ , PA ), District Fifth Northern is notable for its well-known rich history on display at the Liberty Bell , Philadelphia ; renowned NJ resort towns Asbury Park and Cape May ; and the first of the original 13 states of the Union ; Delaware .
Now TOPSIDE is offering our members this forum , District 5NR Obscura , to share some of the Cool , Hidden , and Unusual things to see In Auxiliary District Fifth Northern . If you know of an interesting , curious or obscure place within your part of the district , send the Editor a couple photos with a brief description so other members can enjoy and maybe witness during a road trip .
Martian Landing Site - In a quaint public park stands a bronze monument to the infamous October 30th , 1938 evening radio broadcast when Orson Welles reported a Martian landing and attack in Grover ’ s Mill ( West Windsor Township ), New Jersey . While it was merely a pre-Halloween prank , a radio adaptation of H . G . Wells ’ novel , The War of the Worlds , many took the broadcast as fact . This is sort of war memorial to the interplanetary war of the imagination . ( Photographs by COMO Joe Giannattasio )