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'Vrillon' voice hijacks Southern Television news (hoax)

When: 26 Nov 1977
Where: Hannington, England
Sources: 1 public source

The Hannington transmitting station, whose signal was hijacked by the 'Vrillon' voice Matthew Prior, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Around 5:10 pm, a distorted voice claiming to speak for an alien intelligence replaced Southern Television's news sound for almost six minutes, apparently by jamming the Hannington transmitter. The IBA investigated; no culprit was ever identified, and it is generally treated as a hoax.

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PressVrillon: the alien voice hoax that became a legend (opens in a new tab)The Independent / 2017-11-25

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