The release of the film comes amid the release of numerous UFO files from the US government over the last few months.

Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic tapped into anxieties about the US government hiding UFO information from the public. It holds the key to the director's new film, Disclosure Day.

SNL brought back its Close Encounter sketch series during its 50th anniversary special this week, with blasé alien abductee Colleen Rafferty (Kate McKinnon) recounting her experi