These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day is the latest movie to tackle the subject of first contact, but these masterpieces ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson calls on the government to just show the alien, saying Americans are ready for disclosure after years of ...

That’s where Star Trek: First Contact becomes such a fun comparison.

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

The "Disclosure Day" filmmaker does think he should be "afforded the opportunity" to see a UFO, given "all the movies I made about non-human civilizations coming to Earth." Steven Spielberg says he ...

Scientists have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Steven Spielberg and aliens is like cinematic peanut butter and jelly. His "Disclosure Day" is a thriller about a massive ...