Editing Roswell incident (section)

===Popular fiction===
The incident spread internationally through films depicting the key points of Roswell conspiracy theories.<ref>{{harvnb|Clarke|2015|loc=ch.&nbsp;6}}</ref> In the 1980 independently distributed film ''[[Hangar 18 (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.<ref name="Erdmann-p287">{{harvnb|Erdmann|Block|2000|p=287}}</ref> Director [[James L. Conway]] summarized the film as "a modern-day dramatization of the Roswell incident".<ref name="Erdmann-p287" /> Conway later revisited the concept in 1995 when he filmed the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Little Green Men (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Little Green Men]]"; In that episode, characters travel to 1947, triggering the Roswell incident, with their ship being stored in Hangar 18.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 16, 2012 |title=Catching Up With Director James L. Conway, Part 1 |url=https://www.startrek.com/article/catching-up-with-director-james-l-conway-part-1 |website=StarTrek.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tv.avclub.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine-little-green-men-the-swo-1798175514 |title=Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Little Green Men"/"The Sword Of Kahless" |last=Handlen |first=Zach |website=TV Club |date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418225818/https://tv.avclub.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine-little-green-men-the-swo-1798175514 |url-status=live}}</ref><!--The 1994 film ''[[Roswell (film)|Roswell]]'' was based on the book ''UFO Crash at Roswell'' by [[Kevin D. Randle]] and Donald R. Schmitt.<ref name="Rich1994"/>--> In the 1996 film ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'', an alien invasion prompts the revelation of a Roswell crash and cover-up, including experiments on alien corpses.<ref>{{harvnb|Entertainment|2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{harvnb|LeMay|2008|p=7}}</ref>

In the 1990s, Roswell became the most well-known of the early flying saucer accounts, due in part to frequent portrayals of a Roswell conspiracy on television. The hit series ''[[The X-Files]]'' featured the Roswell incident as a recurring element.<ref name="Gulyas-2016-p84">{{harvnb|Gulyas|2016|p=84}}</ref><!-- Prominent Roswell ufologists Thomas Carey and Donald R. Schmitt embraced Chris Carter's ''The X-Files'' as "touched by Roswell" and said the "underlying and continuing basis" of the X-Files "was the Roswell UFO Crash of 1947".--><!--needs a secondary source--><ref>{{harvnb|Carey|Schmitt|2020|p=184}}</ref> The show's second episode [[Deep Throat (The X-Files episode)|"Deep Throat"]], introduced a Roswell alien crash into the show's mythology.  The comical 1996 episode "[[Jose Chung's From Outer Space]]" satirized the recently-broadcast Santelli ''[[Alien Autopsy (1995 film)|Alien Autopsy]]'' hoax film.<ref>{{harvnb|Klaver|2012|p=149}}</ref> After the success of ''The X-Files'', Roswell alien conspiracies were featured in other sci-fi drama series, including ''[[Dark Skies]]'' (1996–97)<ref name="Gulyas-2016-p84"/> and ''[[Taken (miniseries)|Taken]]'' (2002).<ref>{{harvnb|Frost|Laing|2013|pp=53–54}}</ref> Starting in 1998, Pocket Books published a series of young adult novels titled ''[[Roswell High]]''; from 1999 to 2002, the books were adapted into the WB/UPN  TV series ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'',<ref>{{harvnb|Beeler|2010|pp=219, 214}}</ref> with a second adaption release in 2019 under the title ''[[Roswell, New Mexico (TV series)|Roswell, New Mexico]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/roswell-new-mexico-has-been-canceled-after-four-seasons-1235022470/ |title=The CW's 'Roswell, New Mexico' Canceled After Four Seasons |first=Rosy |last=Cordero |date=May 12, 2022}}</ref>

Journalist Toby Smith has described Roswell as the "embarkation point" for mass media and pop culture treatment of UFOs, crashed saucers, and aliens on Earth.<ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2000|loc=dustjacket, introduction}}</ref> In a 2001 episode of the animated comedy ''[[Futurama]]'', titled, "[[Roswell That Ends Well]]", protagonists from the 31st century travel back in time and cause the Roswell incident.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tv.avclub.com/futurama-roswell-that-ends-well-anthology-of-intere-1798183928 |title=Futurama: "Roswell That Ends Well"/"Anthology Of Interest II" |last=Handlen |first=Zach |website=TV Club |date=May 28, 2015 |access-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104035508/https://tv.avclub.com/futurama-roswell-that-ends-well-anthology-of-intere-1798183928 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The 2005 animated series ''[[American Dad]]'' features a character [[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger]] who is an alien that crashed at Roswell.<ref>{{harvnb|Meehan|2023|p=8}}</ref>  The 2006 comedy ''[[Alien Autopsy (2006 film)|Alien Autopsy]]'' revolves around the 1990s-creation of the Santilli hoax film.<ref>{{harvnb|Lagerfield|2016}}</ref> The 2011 [[Simon Pegg]] comedy ''[[Paul (film)|Paul]]'' tells the story of Roswell tourists who rescue a grey alien.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/paul-2011 |title=Phone home? Dude, I'm into texting |date=March 16, 2011 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref>