Nope!

That's H.G. Wells:-))

Writer of the "War Of The Worlds" (among a lot of other things), about the attempted takeover of Earth by the Wicked War Machines from the Red Planet...

Invasion attempt failed 'cos of a 'flu epidemic (or something similar). In Twickenham (London, UK). Regardless of what you might hear in a (US) radio broadcast by an insignificant producer of similar name....

Cheers,
Diolma