SyFy has a marathon of the Twilight Zone for the Fourth. One of the best episodes of the Twilight Zone is "The Aliens are Due on Maple Street." A strange object flew over Maple Street in Anytown, USA. The object causes all electrically powered devices to stop working. Before a party of men can leave the neighborhood to investigate, a kid tells of a stories he has read about aliens and how they start an invasion. Soon, the neighbors are turning on each other to the point that one kills another. Panic ensues! As the residents of Maple Street turn on each other, the scene pulls back to reveal a pair of aliens. The kid has been correct. The aliens plan is to cause a panic and let the humans destroy each other.
This episode illustrates how we humans turn on each other when something mysterious happens. In our history we have burned witches, mutilated the insane and started wars based on fear. For some reason this is a lesson we cannot learn. The mysterious is not evil, just different.
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