Editing Cattle mutilation (section)

==In popular culture==
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[[File:Cattle abduction novelty lamp.jpg|thumb|upright=.7|A novelty lamp depicting gray aliens in a flying saucer abducting a cow]]
In 1982, researcher David Perkins authored ''Altered Steaks'' on the topic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHEmAQAAMAAJ|title=Altered Steaks: A Colloquium on the Cattle Mutilation Question|first1=David|last1=Perkins|first2=Lewis|last2=MacAdams|first3=Tom|last3=Clark|date=April 22, 1982|publisher=Am Here Books/Immediate Editions|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>A pun on ''[[Altered States]]'' (1980)</ref>  In 1984, [[Bantam Books]] published ''Mute Evidence'' by journalists Daniel Kagan and Ian Summers.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8c-AAAACAAJ | isbn=978-0-553-23318-6 | title=Mute Evidence | date=1984 | publisher=Bantam Books }}</ref>  In 2014, Christopher O'Brian authored ''Stalking the Herd''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HYpXDwAAQBAJ|title=Stalking the Herd: Unraveling the Cattle Mutilation Mystery|first=Christopher|last=O'Brien|date=February 1, 2014|publisher=SCB Distributors|isbn=978-1-939149-30-5 |via=Google Books}}</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=April 2024}}  

The 1977 British television mockumentary [[Alternative 3]] linked mutilations to a fictional plan to transport livestock to secret military bases on the Moon and Mars.<ref>Bill Ellis (1991) Cattle mutilation</ref>{{Additional citation needed|date=April 2024}}

The 1992 film [[Sneakers (1992 film)|''Sneakers'']] featured [[Dan Aykroyd]] as a conspiracy theorist who links aliens to cattle mutilations.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykpK7s3PmoMC&pg=PA25|title=Digital Babylon: How the Geeks, the Suits, and the Ponytails Fought to Bring Hollywood to the Internet|first1=John|last1=Geirland|first2=Eva Sonesh|last2=Kedar|date=April 22, 1999|publisher=Arcade Publishing|isbn=978-1-55970-483-0 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5vZPQAACAAJ | title=Sneakers: The Screenplay | isbn=978-1-59300-130-8 | last1=Robinson | first1=Phil Alden | last2=Lasker | first2=Lawrence | date=March 2003 | publisher=Harvest Moon }}</ref><ref>Mother (played by Dan Ackroyd) in the film ''Sneakers'': "But the key meeting took place July
1, 1958, when the Air Force brought the space visitor to the White House
for an interview with President Eisenhower. And Ike said, hey, look, give us your technology, and we'll give you all the cow lips you want."</ref>  ''[[The X-Files]]'' episodes [[Eve (The X-Files)|"Eve"]] and [[Irresistible (The X-Files)|"Irresistible"]] included mention of cattle mutilations.{{Additional citation needed|date=April 2024}}   In Dulce, New Mexico and elsewhere, pranksters have added UFO images to roadside signs warning of cattle crossing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/move-over-roswell-dulce-is-home-to-true-ufo-believers/article_3164df9a-9813-5add-9b16-5e3a90c0340e.html|title=Move over, Roswell. Dulce is home to true UFO believers|first=Daniel J. ChacónThe New|last=Mexican|date=May 7, 2016|website=Santa Fe New Mexican}}</ref>  The 1997 pilot episode of [[South Park]] titled [[Cartman Gets an Anal Probe]] references UFO and aliens as being linked to cattle mutilation. The 2022 film [[Nope (film)|''Nope'']] features a biological flying saucer that feeds on livestock.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2022/07/11058789/jordan-peele-nope-ending-explainer|title=Still Thinking About That "Nope" Ending? Here's What It All Means|first=Ineye|last=Komonibo|website=www.refinery29.com}}</ref>