What is it with Spielberg and space aliens? We break down his career-long fixation

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

Aliens might exist. But there are three reasons why they’re not visiting us

The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) ...
Smithsonian Magazine

What’s Behind Steven Spielberg’s Lifelong Obsession With Flying Saucers and Extraterrestrial Visitors?

Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." ...

Inside the Sinister Heaven’s Gate Cult

In 1997, a group that believed they were headed to heaven in a spaceship carried out the largest mass suicide on American ...
The Debrief

“Disclosure Day” in Real Life? Scientists and Mental Health Advocates Update Rules for Alien Contact as “Disclosure” Debate Grows

Scientists and public health advocates are urging for preparedness in advance of confirmation of the discovery of ...