Roswell incident in fiction

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The Roswell incident, a myth of a 1947 crashed flying saucer, has been widely featured in fiction.

Roswell in fiction[edit]

  • In the 1980 film Hangar 18, an alien ship crashes in the desert of the US Southwest. Debris and bodies are recovered, but their existence is covered up by the government.[1][2] Filmmaker James L. Conway summarized the film as "a modern-day dramatization of the Roswell incident".[2]
  • The 1993–2002 TV series The X-Files included the Roswell Incident as a recurring motif, most prominently in "My Struggle".[3] The 1996 episode "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" satirized the Santelli Alien Autopsy film.[4]
  • In the 1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Little Green Men", protagonists from the 24th century travel back in time and cause the Roswell incident.[5]
  • In the 1996 film Independence Day, an alien invasion prompts the revelation of a Roswell crash and cover-up extending even to concealing the information from the President of the United States, to facilitate plausible deniability, according to the Defense Secretary.[6][7]
  • The 1996–97 series Dark Skies featured a shadowy conspiracy to cover up the Roswell Incident. The show's tagline was "History as we know it is a lie."[8]
  • The 1996 comic series Roswell, Little Green Man was inspired by the story of the Roswell Incident.
  • The 1998–2001 TV series Seven Days features time-travel technology developed after a crash at Roswell.
  • The 1999 made-for-TV movie Roswell: The Aliens Attack features survivors of Roswell bent on destroying the Earth.
  • The 1999–2002 TV series Roswell aired based on the Roswell High series of books.
  • In the 2001 Futurama episode "Roswell That Ends Well", protagonists from the 31st century travel back in time and cause the Roswell incident.[9]
  • The 2002 miniseries Taken depicts the aftermath of the Roswell Incident.
  • The 2006 comedy Alien Autopsy revolves around the 1990s-creation of the Santilli film.[10]
  • The 2006–08 online graphic novel Roswell, Texas references the Roswell Incident.
  • The 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sees the protagonist on a quest for an alien body from the Roswell Incident.
  • The 2011 film Paul tells the story of Roswell tourists who rescue a grey alien.

Others[edit]

  • Daniel Schröder Olympos - The War of the Children of the Gods.
  • John LeMay: Roswell.
  • Boyd Morrison: The Roswell Conspiracy.
  • Craig Anderson: The Roswell Chronicles And Other Tales.
  • Thomas Nowlin Harrison: Turnabout Roswell. 2007
  • Henry Melton: Roswell or Bust. 2008
  • Allan Burd: The Roswell Protocols. Bed Bug Publishing, 2009
  • RJ Reaver: Elliot: The Return to Roswell. CreateSpace , 2010
  • Eugene Stevens: To Save Our Time (Roswell Fiction Trilogy). 2010
  • Robert E Vardeman , Jean Rabe, Nick Redfern, Stephen D Sullivan: Uncanny Encounters: Roswell. Walkabout Publishing, 2010
  • Mark Todd: Strange Attractors: A Story about Roswell. Kindle 2012, ISBN 1-4793-8559-X
  • Michael Leptuch: 0400 Roswell Time. Kindle 2012
  • Thomas Settimi: Convergence at Roswell. Sky Scientific Press, 2nd edition 2012, ISBN 978-1-4196-6151-8
  • Roswell: A Greenling : Comic Series by Futurama Producer Bill Morrison .

References[edit]

  1. ^ Google Books. Archived from the original on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  2. ^ a b Erdmann, Terry J.; Block, Paula M. (2000). Deep Space Nine Companion. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0671501068. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Carey, Thomas J.; Schmitt, Donald R. (2020). Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case : Eyewitness Testimony and Evidence of Contact and the Cover-up. Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-1632651709. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Klaver, Elizabeth (2012). Sites of Autopsy in Contemporary Culture. SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0791483428. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Little Green Men"/"The Sword Of Kahless"". TV Club. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Top 5 Roswell References in Movies and TV". Entertainment.ie. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Albert Nimzicki: Two words, Mr. President: "Plausible deniability"". moviequotedb.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  8. ^ Carey, Thomas J.; Schmitt, Donald R. (2020). Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case: Eyewitness Testimony and Evidence of Contact and the Cover-Up. Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-1632657640. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Futurama: "Roswell That Ends Well"/"Anthology Of Interest II"". TV Club. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ^ "How an Alien Autopsy Hoax Captured the World's Imagination for a Decade". Time. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
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