'Wow, it really worked ': 70s TV show causing worldwide panic today

A 1977 British mockumentary called "Alternative 3" falsely claimed scientists were disappearing as part of a secret government plot to colonize Mars due to Earth's uninhabitability from climate change. The fictional story has resurfaced online in recent months, spawning a real conspiracy theory about missing aerospace and nuclear scientists that has prompted Congressional warnings and a Trump administration investigation, despite having no factual basis.