Mars is a planet.
History[]
The "canals" of Mars were first discovered in 1877.[1]
A Halloween radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds caused hysteria in 1938 when thousands of Americans mistook the story's Martian invasion of Earth to be real and fled from cities such as New York.[1]
In 1939, while checking the strange-looking skeletons from the canals of Atlantis, Indiana Jones asked Sophia Hapgood, who was actually being posessed by the Atlantean god of deceit Nur-Ab-Sal, from where she thought those skeletons had originated from, mentioning Mars as a possible origin place due to the skeletons not looking human.[2]
In 1957, Indiana Jones dismissed Irina Spalko's claim that the New Mexico specimen were not of human creation as "saucermen from Mars".[3]
Behind the scenes[]
During the development of the fourth Indiana Jones film, Jeb Stuart worked on a potential script for the project entitled Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars.[4] Though there are no references to the planet within the story itself, its name seems to imply that the titular aliens came from Mars.[5] While much of Stuart's draft was abandoned due to the success of Roland Emmerich's film Independence Day,[4] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull used its title for a scene between Indiana Jones and Irina Spalko.[3]
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Mystery of Mount Sinai (Bas-relief)
- Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars (Cancelled) (In title)
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- The Adventures of Indiana Jones
- The World of Indiana Jones
- The Complete Making of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones Annual 2010
