We Interrupt This Program

On a Saturday night, in February 1949, the music programming on one
of the most popular radio stations in Quito, Ecuador, was
interrupted with an urgent news bulletin: strange objects in the
sky that looked like large disks with bright lights were using a
powerful ray to destroy a nearby city. And they were heading right
for Quito. Thanks to Lisette Arévalo for sharing her tape and her
reporting. In 2020, she reported this story for the
Spanish-language podcast Radio Ambulante – it’s called “The
Extraterrestrials.” You can listen
at https://radioambulante.org/en/audio-en/the-extraterrestrials.
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