A Strange Harvest: Linda Moulton Howe Documentary Airs on CBS Denver
Linda Moulton Howe aired her documentary A Strange Harvest on KMGH-TV (CBS) in Denver, Colorado as a 2-hour special. The documentary provided striking visuals of the cattle mutilation phenomenon. It featured a visit to laser surgeon Arlen Meyers at Rose Medical Center who demonstrated that even advanced laser technology could not replicate the mutilation excisions, some 24 inches long and perfectly carbon-free. Former FBI agent Kenneth Rommel's official conclusion of 'predators' was contradicted by the physical evidence.
Background
On 28 May 1980, KMGH-TV in Denver broadcast Linda Moulton Howe's two-hour television documentary A Strange Harvest. The program examined reported cattle mutilations and included a comparison of poultry cuts made with a laser, an electrical cauterizer, and a scalpel, involving surgeon Arlen Meyers of Rose Medical Center. Its broadcast also coincided in time with the completion of former FBI agent Kenneth Rommel's New Mexico investigation, which was preparing a predator-based explanation for the animal deaths. The program was a journalistic presentation, not independent proof of a non-conventional cause.