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_They were broadcasts from nowhere -- sinister emanations flooding in from space -- smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense could Earth devise against science such as this? _
The first broadcast came in 1972, while Mahon-modified machines were still strictly classified, and the world had heard only rumors about them. The first broadcast was picked up by a television ham in Osceola, Florida, who fumingly reported artificial interference on the amateur TV bands. He heard and taped it for ten minutes -- so he said -- before it blew out his receiver. When he replaced the broken element, the broadcast was gone.