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Don’t tell the folks of Grover’s Mill that Martians don’t exist. Grover’s Mill, a section of West Windsor, was ground zero for the fictional (we hope!) Martian attack dramatized by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre on a Mischief Night broadcast of Oct. 30, 1938. Some thought a local water tower was a Martian spaceship. Alas, it was all just a radio show and a severe case of national hysteria. Van Nest Park at 218 Cranbury Road has a short, 50 yards or so, walk with plaques commemorating the night, and a monument recognizing Grover’s Mill’s role in a very quirky chapter of American history.

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