Turns out the Nixon–Jackie Gleason alien legend is far from the only Hollywood close encounter.

As a child, Steven Spielberg stared at a meteor shower and began his love affair with the sky. The director of the 1977 classic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" returns with "Disclosure Day," ...

Scene for scene, the movie is a vigorous and diverting ride. Yet coming after the mountains of real UAP footage we've seen, "Disclosure Day" never gives you the contact high of awe that "Close ...

You'd think that a man who has made four theatrical movies about contact with extra-terrestrial life, both benevolent and malevolent, would have had at least one close encounter in his lifetime. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Spielberg spoke on stage Friday at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas. (Gary Miller / FilmMagic via ...

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

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

In one of the most memorable moments — and my personal favorite scene — from M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 sci-fi thriller “Signs ...

Devils Tower, Wyoming (CNN) — The buzz started in a hay meadow at the foot of a mysterious-looking geological formation. Helicopters and trailers arrived in large numbers, famous faces and a ...

Spielberg has graced the silver screen with countless creative alien species in his career, and some have shown to be more threatening than others.

Disclosure Day had people talking for its fresh take on alien contact and powerful sci-fi themes. These films follow the same ...