YOU ARE A FARMER IN NEW JERSEY AND MUST KILL MARTIANS WHO CRASHED INTO YOUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE You have to kill the Martians by shooting them with your pitchfork. (yes with a pitchfork.) You cannot let them come to your house cause they will destroy it and capture you.
Orson Welles for that infamous broadcast in the 30s although the book is from like, 1886 or something. Also the Arecibo Message for inspiring the graphics.