The Night Visitors of Elsberry
In 1978, television reporter Ron Barber investigated unexplained cattle deaths and strange lights reported across rural Missouri.

Ron Barber joins us to revisit a series of events he reported on while working in television news in 1978. Across rural Missouri, cattle were found dead under unusual circumstances, with tissue removed, no clear cause of death and few obvious clues. Reports of unexplained lights and objects in the sky were emerging from the same areas. Ron spoke with ranchers, visited the sites and documented the story as it unfolded.
About this episode
Ron Barber
Ron Barber covered the Elsberry cattle mutilation reports while working in television news. His reporting included interviews with ranchers, visits to affected properties and contemporary documentation of the unexplained events.
Elsberry, Missouri cattle mutilations
Original news footage connected to the 1978 investigation.