"The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" from 1960, showed even with our sophistication, we are still vulnerable to panic. Just some unusual sights and sounds could disturb our comfort zone. And the alien leader points out that wherever in the world this disturbance is initiated, the results are predictable. And "the monsters are us", to misquote Pogo Possum.
In 2003 a new Twilight Zone made "The Monsters Are On Maple Street" where a government experiment in terrorism was doing a similar test.
