#273: Incoming Transmission: Time to Get Weird

45 years ago, on November 26, 1977, Southern Television’s Five O’Clock News was interrupted –

"This is the voice of Vrillon, a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, speaking to you. For many years you have seen us as lights in the skies. We speak to you now in peace and wisdom as we have done to your brothers and sisters all over this, your planet Earth."

The broadcast signal intrusion goes on to achieve its intent: pass along an important message to humanity so we could avoid the disasters that threaten our world. Vrillon encouraged us to get our act together and "abandon all weapons of evil", or else.

More than a generation has passed since that broadcast and with hindsight, its likely fair to chalk this up as a hoax. True or not, this event has puzzled experts for decades.

Until now.

Tommie Trelawny reopens this bizarre cold case for us to indulge in. He reviews the possible explanations that have been put fort and injects some out-of-this-world mystery into your listening queue.

For those who prefer a little more pragmatism in their mystery-solving, we’re given a thorough history lesson about broadcast interruptions and what it takes to pull one off.

And, as things tend to do sometimes, The Interruption gets traced back to UFO religions.

Perhaps the most definitive conclusion we can take away from The Interruption is that there's a lot here to pull you in. Trelawny’s interest for the obscure will leave you pushing to know more about broadcast signal intrusions and wondering what comes next for this fresh voice in podcasting.

Have a listen and share what you think.

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