Breaking Walls
BW - EP129: Radio, Roswell And The Flying Saucer Craze (1947 - 1955) [Rewind]
This episode was originally released on 7/1/2022. While new episodes of Breaking Walls are on hiatus I'll be going back and posting the older episodes. In Breaking Walls episode 129 we honor the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Roswell incident by focusing on Radio and the mid-century flying saucer craze. ββββββββββ Highlights: β’ World War II, Kenneth Arnold, Roswell, and βProject Saucerβ β’ The Chicago Roundtable Attempts to Answer What Life on Other Planets Would Look Like β’ Sightings in The Spring of 1950 β Dimension X Launches β’ The 1950 Radio Landscape with Red Skelton β’ Fibber McGee Sees a UFO β’ Harris And Remleyβs UFO Hoax β’ Edward R. Murrowβs Report on Flying Saucers β’ Dangerous Assignmentβs UFOs in Ecuador β’ UFO Sightings during the Korean War β’ You Bet Your Lifeβs UFO Enthusiast β’ KNX, Ralph Story, And UFO Mania β’ Roy Rogers Takes Us Home β’ Conclusions? Closing Credits and a New Mystery ββββββββββ The WallBreakers: thewallbreakers.com Subscribe to Breaking Walls everywhere you get your podcasts. To support the show: patreon.com/TheWallBreakers ββββββββββ The reading material used in todayβs episode was: β’ On the Air β By John Dunning β’ Network Radio Ratings β by Jim Ramsburg As well as articles from: β’ Broadcasting Magazine β’ LIFE Magazine β’ Radio Daily ββββββββββ On the interview front: β’ Alice Faye, Jim Jordan, Elliott Lewis, and Lurene Tuttle spoke to Chuck Schaden. Hear their full chats at SpeakingOfRadio.com. β’ John Gibson, Jim Jordan, and Arnold Moss spoke to Dick Bertel and Ed Corcoran for WTICβs The Golden Age of Radio. Hear these full interviews at Goldenage-WTIC.org. β’ Jim Jordan also spoke with John Dunning for his 71KNUS program from Denver β’ Lilian Buyeff and Sam Edwards spoke to SPERDVAC. For more info, go to SPERDVAC.com. β’ Elliott Reid spoke with Frank Bresee β’ Red Skelton spoke with Dini Petty ββββββββββ Selected music featured in todayβs episode was: β’ I Put a Spell on You β By Screaming Jay Hawkins β’ Pyramid of the Sun β By Les Baxter β’ What A Fool I Was β By Percy Mayfield β’ Happy Trails To You β By Dale Evans and Roy Rogers β’ Someone To Watch Over Me β By Blossom Dearie
