Linda Moulton Howe

Linda Moulton Howe is an American investigative journalist and documentary film maker best known for her work as a ufologist and advocate of a variety of conspiracy theories, including her investigation of cattle mutilations and conclusion that they are performed by extraterrestrials. She is also noted for her speculations that the U.S. government is colluding with aliens. She is currently based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

She was born Linda Ann Moulton in Boise, Idaho. Howe entered the 1963 Miss Boise pageant for college scholarships and went on to win the 1963 Miss Idaho crown and scholarships, and participated in the Miss America 1964 pageant that year in Atlantic City. Howe received her 1965 B.A. cum laude in English Literature from the University of Colorado. In 1966, Howe was awarded the Stanley Baubaire Scholarship for her Masters Degree work at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. She received her masters degree in Communication from Stanford University in 1968, where she produced a documentary film for the Stanford Medical Center and her Masters Thesis, A Picture Calculus, at the Stanford Linear Accelerator.

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