Roswell incident in fiction explained

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

Roswell in fiction

• 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".
• 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 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 features survivors of Roswell bent on destroying the Earth.
• The 1999–2002 TV series Roswell aired based on the Roswell High series of books.
  • The 2019 TV series Roswell, New Mexico is the second adaptation of the Roswell High 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

• 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 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Google Books . 2021-04-29 . 2021-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210429051205/https://books.google.com/?newbks=1&hl=en . live .
2. Book: Deep Space Nine Companion . Terry J. . Erdmann . Paula M. . Block . 2000 . Simon and Schuster . 978-0671501068 . Google Books . April 27, 2021 . April 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210427022445/https://books.google.com/books?id=kDe3VS07YSMC&pg=PA287 . live .
3. Book: Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case : Eyewitness Testimony and Evidence of Contact and the Cover-up . Thomas J. . Carey . Donald R. . Schmitt . 2020 . Red Wheel/Weiser . 978-1632651709 . Google Books . April 18, 2021 . April 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418231512/https://books.google.com/books?id=hF3dDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA160 . live .
4. Book: Klaver, Elizabeth . Sites of Autopsy in Contemporary Culture . 2012 . SUNY Press . 978-0791483428 . Google Books . April 18, 2021 . April 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418231511/https://books.google.com/books?id=tUgF9udmFuEC&pg=PA149 . live .
5. Web site: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Little Green Men"/"The Sword Of Kahless" . TV Club . 17 January 2013 . 18 April 2021 . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418225818/https://tv.avclub.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine-little-green-men-the-swo-1798175514 . live .
6. Web site: Top 5 Roswell References in Movies and TV . Entertainment.ie . 9 July 2013 . 29 April 2021 . 8 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708070419/https://entertainment.ie/movies/movie-news/top-5-roswell-references-in-movies-and-tv-243578/ . live .
7. Web site: Albert Nimzicki: Two words, Mr. President: "Plausible deniability". . moviequotedb.com . 24 March 2022 . 14 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190914041556/http://www.moviequotedb.com/movies/independence-day/quote_31572.html . live .
8. Book: Roswell: The Ultimate Cold Case: Eyewitness Testimony and Evidence of Contact and the Cover-Up . Thomas J. . Carey . Donald R. . Schmitt . 2020 . Red Wheel/Weiser . 978-1632657640 . Google Books . April 18, 2021 . April 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418233152/https://books.google.com/books?id=YL-tDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA184 . live .
9. Web site: Futurama: "Roswell That Ends Well"/"Anthology Of Interest II" . TV Club . 28 May 2015 . 18 April 2021 . 4 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104035508/https://tv.avclub.com/futurama-roswell-that-ends-well-anthology-of-intere-1798183928 . live .
10. How an Alien Autopsy Hoax Captured the World's Imagination for a Decade . Time . 2021-04-18 . 2021-04-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418051933/https://time.com/4376871/alien-autopsy-hoax-history/ . live .