End of the World Prediction

Station

WSJT

Aired

1982-03-17

Main Contributors

Mike Conway

Collection

Mike Conway Collection

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WSJT J385 Student Newscast
Because of a planet alignment called "The Jupiter Effect," some predicted the world would end on March 10, 1982. Interview with Hollis Johnson, Chairman of IU Astronomy Dept. He said there wasn't much evidence for the theory and his department had a big party on that day.
It was too cloudy at the IU Observatory that night to view the planets
Reporter Mike Conway