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The Roswell incident, a myth of a 1947 crashed
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, 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. Filmmaker
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summarized the film as "a modern-day dramatization of the Roswell incident". * The 1993–2002 TV series ''
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'' included the Roswell Incident as a recurring motif, most prominently in "
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". The 1996 episode "
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" satirized the Santelli ''
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'' film. * In the 1995 ''
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'' episode "
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", protagonists from the 24th century travel back in time and cause the Roswell incident. * In the 1996 film ''
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'', 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
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, according to the Defense Secretary. * 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." * 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. ** The 2019 TV series ''
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'' is the second adaptation of the Roswell High books. * In the 2001 ''
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'' episode " Roswell That Ends Well", protagonists from the 31st century travel back in time and cause the Roswell incident. * The 2002 miniseries '' Taken'' depicts the aftermath of the Roswell Incident. * The 2006 comedy ''
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'' revolves around the 1990s-creation of the Santilli film. * The 2006–08 online graphic novel '' Roswell, Texas'' references the Roswell Incident. * The 2008 film ''
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'' 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 .


References

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