Actually, it was later revealed that these reports were actually an attack by the news media (especially Hearst newspapers) against radio. They were losing money to radio, and were against radio stations broadcasting news, so they attacked the moment they saw an opportunity.
Randy Riddle, who located a transcription with the missing section of the War of the Worlds broadcast, has that info at the posts of his transcription. You can probably still download the audio. You can search for it here: http://randsesotericotr.podbean.com/
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Actually, it was later revealed that these reports were actually an attack by the news media (especially Hearst newspapers) against radio. They were losing money to radio, and were against radio stations broadcasting news, so they attacked the moment they saw an opportunity.
Randy Riddle, who located a transcription with the missing section of the War of the Worlds broadcast, has that info at the posts of his transcription. You can probably still download the audio. You can search for it here: http://randsesotericotr.podbean.com/