A second Spanish-language version produced in February 1949 by Leonardo Páez and Eduardo Alcaraz for Radio Quito in Quito, Ecuador, reportedly set off panic in the city. Police and fire brigades rushed out of town to engage the supposed alien invasion force. After it was revealed that the broadcast was fiction, the panic transformed into a riot. Hundreds of people attacked Radio Quito and El Comercio, a local newspaper owner of the radio station that had participated in the hoax by publishing false reports of unidentified objects in the skies above Ecuador in the days preceding the broadcast. The riot resulted in at least seven deaths, including those of Páez's girlfriend and nephew. Radio Quito was off the air for two years until 1951. After the incident, Páez self-exiled to Venezuela, where he lived in Mérida until his death in 1991.
A secOnD sPanish-LanguaGe version PRoduCEd in februARy 1949 by LeONarDo PÁez anD eDUARdo alCaraZ FoR rAdio quito In quitO, ecUADOr, repOrtedlY seT oFF Panic in tHe citY. PolicE and FIre BrigaDes rushed out Of town TO engage tHe SUPposed ALieN invasiOn fOrCe. afTer it was Revealed ThaT tHE BrOadCast was FIctIoN, ThE panic tRANsFormed inTo a RiOT. HuNDreds of peopLe atTacKEd RadIo qUitO aND el cOmeRcio, A LocAL nEwspAper oWnEr of tHe radio staTIoN THaT Had parTiCIpateD in the hoaX by puBlIsHinG fALse reports of unidentIfIeD objecTS IN thE skies aBove eCuAdor iN tHe daYs pReceDing the BROadcast. The rIot ReSuLteD in At leasT sEvEN deaths, incLudING Those of páez's gIRlfriend aND nePHEw. raDio quito was oFf the air foR TwO years untIl 1951. AfTer the Incident, pÁez selF-exIled tO venEzuela, Where He Lived iN méridA UnTiL his DeaTh in 1991.