A modern take on "War of The Worlds," with a Teleplay by Peter Lance - Story by Jeremy Thorn & Walon Green and Peter Lance. It aired on CBS Halloween night, 1994. A host of real life reporters, led by Sander Vanocur, ex correspondent for NBC News, break into scheduled programming to report on the simultaneous impact of three "near-earth" asteroids and the catastrophic consequences that ensue when The Pentagon decides that a peaceful visit from extra-terrestrials was a veiled attack.