If the British radar in Hong Kong was faulty, so was the radar all over the Orient, and Asia, and Europe. So were the announcers on the radio.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:03:52 in the radio play.
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- The thing was noticed in Hong Kong first on the British radar.
- But that's impossible! That thing must be doing about four thousand.
- That can't be aircraft, sir. Must be a buzz bomb.
- Better give an alarm. Keep it steady, though. May be faulty equipment.
- There was something very gravely wrong forty miles out in space, far above the earth.
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