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

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” – Arthur C.

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 ...

I always felt bad for Larry, Josef Sommer’s character in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). In Steven Spielberg’s magnum opus about UFOs and the governments who cover them up, Larry is a true ...

Disclosure Day draws on Steven Spielberg's lifelong interest in the idea of aliens and follows on from Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. | ITV National News ...

I had much more innocent ambitions of spending a couple of days reuniting with my favorite people from high school. We’d booked this gorgeous Airbnb known as Rancho Panoramo, the kind far nicer than ...

As a child, Steven Spielberg stared at a meteor shower and began his love affair with the sky. The director of the 1977 ...

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," ...

Fifty years ago, the cameras rolled on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” at Devils Tower after a handshake between a then-unknown Steven Spielberg and rancher Jesse Thomas Driskill. It would go on ...

Maverick director Nicolas Roeg delivered a surreal sci-fi classic in 1976 that still resonates today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...