{"id":2459165,"date":"2026-06-14T16:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2459165"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:55:38","slug":"disclosure-day-no-one-loves-aliens-more-than-steven-spielberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/disclosure-day-no-one-loves-aliens-more-than-steven-spielberg\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Disclosure Day\u2019: No one loves aliens more than Steven Spielberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<div data-editable=\"aiSummary\" class=\"article__ai-summary-wrapper\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ai-article-summary\/instances\/cmqbbhvzp000c3b6wcgl6csar@published\" class=\"ai-article-summary hidden  \" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-selector-brand=\"accent-ai\">\n    <button class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle\"><br \/>\n        <strong class=\"ai-article-summary__title\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__stars-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\">\n    <path d=\"M16.7322 12.6297L14.7237 12.0545C13.8192 11.7989 12.9952 11.315 12.3307 10.6491C11.6662 9.98311 11.1834 9.15741 10.9284 8.25095L10.3544 6.23807C10.3255 6.16765 10.2764 6.10741 10.2133 6.06502C10.1502 6.02263 10.076 6 10 6C9.92403 6 9.84978 6.02263 9.78667 6.06502C9.72357 6.10741 9.67446 6.16765 9.6456 6.23807L9.07163 8.25095C8.81662 9.15741 8.33377 9.98311 7.66926 10.6491C7.00476 11.315 6.18084 11.7989 5.27634 12.0545L3.26781 12.6297C3.19069 12.6516 3.12281 12.6982 3.07448 12.7623C3.02615 12.8264 3 12.9045 3 12.9848C3 13.0652 3.02615 13.1433 3.07448 13.2074C3.12281 13.2715 3.19069 13.3181 3.26781 13.34L5.27634 13.9152C6.18084 14.1708 7.00476 14.6547 7.66926 15.3206C8.33377 15.9866 8.81662 16.8123 9.07163 17.7187L9.6456 19.7316C9.66749 19.8089 9.71393 19.8769 9.77789 19.9254C9.84185 19.9738 9.91983 20 10 20C10.0802 20 10.1581 19.9738 10.2221 19.9254C10.2861 19.8769 10.3325 19.8089 10.3544 19.7316L10.9284 17.7187C11.1834 16.8123 11.6662 15.9866 12.3307 15.3206C12.9952 14.6547 13.8192 14.1708 14.7237 13.9152L16.7322 13.34C16.8093 13.3181 16.8772 13.2715 16.9255 13.2074C16.9738 13.1433 17 13.0652 17 12.9848C17 12.9045 16.9738 12.8264 16.9255 12.7623C16.8772 12.6982 16.8093 12.6516 16.7322 12.6297Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n    <path d=\"M19.8852 5.84129L19.0244 5.59477C18.6368 5.48524 18.2837 5.27786 17.9989 4.99245C17.7141 4.70705 17.5072 4.35317 17.3979 3.96469L17.1519 3.10203C17.1395 3.07185 17.1185 3.04603 17.0914 3.02787C17.0644 3.0097 17.0326 3 17 3C16.9674 3 16.9356 3.0097 16.9086 3.02787C16.8815 3.04603 16.8605 3.07185 16.8481 3.10203L16.6021 3.96469C16.4928 4.35317 16.2859 4.70705 16.0011 4.99245C15.7163 5.27786 15.3632 5.48524 14.9756 5.59477L14.1148 5.84129C14.0817 5.85069 14.0526 5.87064 14.0319 5.89811C14.0112 5.92558 14 5.95907 14 5.9935C14 6.02794 14.0112 6.06143 14.0319 6.0889C14.0526 6.11637 14.0817 6.13632 14.1148 6.14572L14.9756 6.39224C15.3632 6.50176 15.7163 6.70915 16.0011 6.99455C16.2859 7.27996 16.4928 7.63383 16.6021 8.02231L16.8481 8.88498C16.8575 8.9181 16.8774 8.94725 16.9048 8.96801C16.9322 8.98877 16.9656 9 17 9C17.0344 9 17.0678 8.98877 17.0952 8.96801C17.1226 8.94725 17.1425 8.9181 17.1519 8.88498L17.3979 8.02231C17.5072 7.63383 17.7141 7.27996 17.9989 6.99455C18.2837 6.70915 18.6368 6.50176 19.0244 6.39224L19.8852 6.14572C19.9183 6.13632 19.9474 6.11637 19.9681 6.0889C19.9888 6.06143 20 6.02794 20 5.9935C20 5.95907 19.9888 5.92558 19.9681 5.89811C19.9474 5.87064 19.9183 5.85069 19.8852 5.84129Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n            <span>Summary<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/strong><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle-caret-up\" aria-label=\"Toggle Article Summary\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-ui-caret-up\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12.478 6.21a.637.637 0 00-.946 0L2.206 16.229c-.225.243-.28.633-.093.91.237.355.7.385.975.089l8.917-9.579 8.878 9.537c.225.243.589.301.847.101a.721.721 0 00.082-1.048L12.478 6.211z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle-caret-down\" aria-label=\"Toggle Article Summary\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-ui-caret-down\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12.478 17.218a.637.637 0 01-.946 0L2.206 7.2c-.225-.242-.28-.632-.093-.91a.613.613 0 01.975-.088l8.917 9.579 8.878-9.538c.225-.242.589-.3.847-.1.33.255.357.752.082 1.048l-9.334 10.027z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-article-summary__collapsible\">\n<ul class=\"ai-article-summary__items\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Steven Spielberg&#8217;s new sci-fi thriller &#8216;Disclosure Day&#8217; imagines the day the world learns that humans have been in contact with aliens.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">The film extends Spielberg&#8217;s decades-long effort to present the possibility of extraterrestrial existence through movies like &#8216;Close Encounters&#8217; and &#8216;E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial&#8217;<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Spielberg has said he believes intelligent alien life does exist, not just a hopeful possibility he once entertained.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__disclaimer-text\">AI-generated summary was reviewed by a celebrity.land editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9wba5t001y28p33zsj9oc8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Whether he meant to or not, Steven Spielberg has been trying to convince the world of alien existence for over 40 years. He\u2019s donated money to research programs. He\u2019s discussed the issue with presidents. And now, with \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d his first directorial offering in four years, which is expected to bring in more than <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/box-office-global-disclosure-day-1236955715\/\" target=\"_blank\">$90 million<\/a> globally in its opening weekend, he\u2019s made yet another pitch to the moviegoing public.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xux1t000k3b6rpzbowcti@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI always had a core belief that we are not alone in the universe,\u201d Spielberg said in an interview about the film. \u201cI came into this world really believing that it would be impossible to think \u2013 and rather conceited to think \u2013 that we are the only intelligent life in the universe.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xux1t000l3b6rndz0g5y2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d takes that idea and runs with it \u2014 literally \u2014 in a breathless sci-fi thriller about the day the world learns that a government entity has had decades-long contact with extraterrestrial beings. Josh O\u2019Connor and Colman Domingo play whistleblowers who try to outrun those who aim to keep the secret. Emily Blunt stars as a local meteorologist who finds herself at the center of the action.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqabbwce00003b6rn1t6vfmc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the process of filming, some of its stars were even convinced of Spielberg\u2019s point of view, including Domingo, who told celebrity.land he\u2019s fully on board.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmq9wzf1k00003b6rir5w66jr@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"2593_D044_00489R.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d044-00489r.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d044-00489r.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d044-00489r.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d044-00489r.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d044-00489r.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d044-00489r.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xux1t000m3b6r7w627qy9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI feel like it\u2019s kind of a beautiful belief for me, the idea that there\u2019s more out there than just us,\u201d Domingo said. \u201cI look up into the stars every night and I hope that there\u2019s more out there, that someone\u2019s looking out at me as I\u2019m looking back at them.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xux1t000n3b6rd9eklnty@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d lands in a country rife with conspiracy theories, including ones about aliens after the White House released decades-worth of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/27\/politics\/pentagon-ufo-videos\">video footage<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/08\/politics\/ufo-files-pentagon-release-aliens\">declassified files<\/a> outlining various investigations of reported UFO sightings. On Friday, the day the movie was released, the Department of War <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.war.gov\/UFO\/\" target=\"_blank\">dropped<\/a> its third tranche of UFO-related files. Some tin foil hat-wearing believers were even convinced that the release of \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d was part of a larger plan for alien lifeforms to reveal themselves for the first time to humans on Earth, and that Spielberg was in on it. Google it. Or don\u2019t.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqb91s7d00003b6w89nxfk5l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d showcases a modern presentation of classic Spielberg ideas: We\u2019re not alone, and that doesn\u2019t have to be a bad thing. In fact, there\u2019s maybe a lot we can learn about our own faith and human nature by embracing the unknown.\n    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader_elevate vossi-subheader_elevate--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmq9weylm000h3b6r7kzajmzw@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"setting-a-standard\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n        Setting a standard<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xwrjv00003b6rnu93tbz3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Spielberg revolutionized the way Americans think about alien life.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xwszq00023b6r0l1t5wbr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Prior to 1977\u2019s \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind,\u201d alien encounters were largely represented as hostile experiences, mirroring the Cold War dynamics of the time. From the original \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d to \u201cFive Million Years to Earth\u201d and \u201cInvasion of the Body Snatchers,\u201d stories about evil alien invaders dominated the genre.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xwszq00033b6rn9x75a2e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            All that changed in the late 1970s, according to Ray Morton, a film historian and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/raymorton.com\/books\/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-the-making-of-steven-spielbergs-classic-film\/\" target=\"_blank\">author <\/a>of \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind: The Making of Steven Spielberg\u2019s Classic Film.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xwszq00043b6rgmctez37@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSpielberg was the first one to do fiction in which the possibility of encountering life from another planet could be a positive experience,\u201d Morton told celebrity.land. \u201cNow, that\u2019s kind of standard in a lot of pop culture stuff.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xwszq00053b6rg2rtvbba@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cClose Encounters,\u201d starring Richard Dreyfuss as a father who becomes obsessed with finding answers after encountering a UFO, won the Oscar for best cinematography in 1978 and earned <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/title\/tt0075860\/\" target=\"_blank\">over $300 million<\/a> globally at the box office \u2014 a staggering success for a film at the time.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmqddsxbq00043b6wdjnz8dka@published\" class=\"image_expandable-elevate vossi-image_expandable-elevate  image_expandable__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_expandable\" data-name=\"shutterstock_editorial_5886060l.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_expandable--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.7916666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2375\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886060l.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image_expandable__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_expandable\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_expandable--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_expandable__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"639\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886060l.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_639,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"903\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886060l.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_903,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"668\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886060l.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_668,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"780\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886060l.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_780,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"834\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886060l.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_834,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886060l.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_780,c_fill\" alt=\"Steven Spielberg's views on whether aliens have visited earth have evolved since he made 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' in 1977.\" class=\"image_expandable__dam-img image_expandable__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_expandable__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2375\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmqddtp5t00063b6wc15f4f9k@published\" class=\"image_expandable-elevate vossi-image_expandable-elevate  image_expandable__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_expandable\" data-name=\"shutterstock_editorial_14479423a.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_expandable--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.7916666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2375\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-14479423a.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image_expandable__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_expandable\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_expandable--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_expandable__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"639\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-14479423a.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_639,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"903\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-14479423a.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_903,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"668\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-14479423a.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_668,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"780\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-14479423a.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_780,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"834\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-14479423a.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_834,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-14479423a.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_780,c_fill\" alt=\"Spielberg has said he's more convinced than ever that humans have cosmic neighbors, an idea reflected in 'Disclosure Day.'\" class=\"image_expandable__dam-img image_expandable__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_expandable__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2375\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xwszq00063b6rhp7kguhp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Spielberg was inspired by the work of the late J. Allen Hynek, an American astronomer who worked as a scientific consultant for a UFO investigation unit within the U.S. Air Force. Spielberg named the film after a chapter in Hynek\u2019s book \u201cThe UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry,\u201d which examines and analyzes the authenticity of reports of UFO sightings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xwxff00083b6rz5n8rjv5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            With \u201cClose Encounters,\u201d Spielberg didn\u2019t initially set out to make a big statement about what people should believe. He approached the film more pragmatically, telling the British Film Institute\u2019s \u201cSight and Sound\u201d magazine in 1977: \u201cIf you believe, it\u2019s science fact; if you don\u2019t believe, it\u2019s science fiction. I\u2019m an agnostic between the two beliefs, so for me it\u2019s science speculation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xx718000a3b6rgr8djicr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Spielberg\u2019s next blockbuster was 1982\u2019s \u201cE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,\u201d the kid-geared tale of a lost friendly alien that became one of his most beloved films to date.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmq9x0p0o00063b6r487kihei@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"shutterstock_editorial_5886045aa.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6513333333333333\" data-original-height=\"1954\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886045aa.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886045aa.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886045aa.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886045aa.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886045aa.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886045aa.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/shutterstock-editorial-5886045aa.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"'E.T the Extra-Terrestrial,' about a friendly alien, is one of Spielberg's most beloved films.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1954\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xx718000b3b6rowfya6n1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            At an \u201cE.T.\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/25\/entertainment\/white-house-movie-theater-destroyed\">screening at the White House<\/a> for a theater full of esteemed guests \u2014 including astronaut Neil Armstrong and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor \u2014 then-President Ronald Reagan thanked the director for bringing the film to Washington, looked around the room and said, \u201cAnd there are a number of people in this room who know that everything on that screen is absolutely true.\u201d Everybody laughed, Speilberg recalled, but Reagan didn\u2019t.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xx718000c3b6rtexs17jk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe whole room laughed because he presented it like a joke, but he wasn\u2019t smiling as he said it,\u201d he said at the time.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xx718000d3b6reljztyb5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In 1985, Spielberg made a real-life attempt to find answers when he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1985-09-30-mn-17782-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">donated $100,000 toward <\/a>a Harvard program that studied radio signals.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xydee000m3b6rgyyeslds@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The government\u2019s declassification of UFO-related files has informed Spielberg\u2019s storytelling in the past, and a 2017 New York Times <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/16\/us\/politics\/unidentified-flying-object-navy.html\" target=\"_blank\">report <\/a>that revealed the Pentagon had been secretly researching the possible existence of UFOs since 2007 was a huge inspiration for \u201cDisclosure Day.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xyf0d000o3b6rqznkeir2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Spielberg told celebrity.land this tranche of information sparked more questions about whether we have been visited here on Eearth.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xyf0d000p3b6rt0fw1aat@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThat\u2019s when I started to think maybe there\u2019s another story to be told about what\u2019s happening today, right now,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xyf0d000q3b6rc3nzctwc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The storyline for what became \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d further took shape when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/26\/politics\/ufo-house-hearing-congress\">congressional hearings<\/a> calling for the government to be more transparent about UFO sightings were held in 2022 and 2023.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmq9x0yve00083b6rp6nhbrtf@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"2593_D002_00191_0193R_COMP.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d002-00191-0193r-comp.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d002-00191-0193r-comp.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d002-00191-0193r-comp.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d002-00191-0193r-comp.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d002-00191-0193r-comp.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d002-00191-0193r-comp.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2593-d002-00191-0193r-comp.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"Emily Blunt (left) showcases her impressive linguistic skills in 'Disclosure Day,' speaking Korean and Russian, as well as an alien language that she helped create.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xyf0d000r3b6rrf75bpx7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just sensationalized,\u201d he told the \u201cToday\u201d show in an interview earlier this month. \u201cBut this was something being taken very seriously by the major news media.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqb7h36v00033b6ripnybulj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Spielberg has been attached to several other sci-fi films during his Hollywood tenure that touch on alien invasions, not all of them starry-eyed, \u201cwe come in peace\u201d representations. He served as an executive producer on \u201cMen in Black\u201d and veered from his usual with his 2005 remake of \u201cWar of the Worlds,\u201d which Spielberg <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/war-worlds-draws-9-11-anxieties-wbna8381687\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> was more a commentary on 9\/11.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xyf0d000t3b6rqom010z9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When premiering the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=icDuEHSxE-w\" target=\"_blank\">trailer<\/a> for \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d Spielberg teed up the footage with a message.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq9xyf0d000u3b6r764ktu63@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI used to say to myself, \u2018Wouldn\u2019t it be wonderful if all of this turned out to be true? I now say to myself, \u2018All of this <em>is<\/em> true,\u2019\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmqb9x3ps00073b6wq9atlsbp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cDisclosure Day\u201d asks us embrace the idea of other intelligent life and imagine how we\u2019d react to it, prompting us to do so with empathy. As he\u2019s shown us many times, not only does Spielberg believe that we share this universe with cosmic beings, he wants to believe in us.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Steven Spielberg&#8217;s new sci-fi thriller &#8216;Disclosure Day&#8217; imagines the day the world learns that humans have been in contact with aliens. 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