A Martian invasion overwhelms Earth's military defenses with vastly superior technology, leaving frightened survivors to face the possibility that human civilization may be powerless to stop the attackers.

This Lux Radio Theatre broadcast aired on February 8, 1955. It is listed as episode 55 in the archive. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Les Tremayne, Herb Butterfield, Bill Bouchey, Dana Andrews, and Pat Crowley. Other credited names include Fred MacKaye as director, Leonard St. Clair as radio adaptor, Irving Cummings as host, and Ken Carpenter as announcer.

This version dramatizes War Of The Worlds. H. G. Wells is credited as author and Barre Lyndon is credited as screenwriter.

A major dramatic anthology adapting popular motion pictures and stage works for radio, usually with prominent Hollywood actors and often with stars recreating their film roles.