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

Disclosure Day is designed as a standalone story, but Close Encounters of the Third Kind adds valuable context. Here's how Spielberg's UFO classics are connected.

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," which imagines closely-held secrets surrounding alien visitations.

A career of UFO curiosity and skepticism towards authority shifts Steven Spielberg's antagonists to the private sector in Disclosure Day.

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Steven Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" packs a hopeful message into its alien-centric story, and there's plenty to dive into about what the movie wants to say.

What Roy Mauritsen remembers about seeing Steven Spielberg’s "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" as a boy is the looming shape of Devils Tower. For a kid growing up in Suffolk County, the peculiarly flat-topped rock formation in Wyoming — which serves as the site of a mind-boggling meeting between mankind and alien-kind — was a mysterious and mesmerizing image.

Spielberg has returned to the subject of extraterrestrial life with his new blockbuster. But, falling far short of Close Encounters and ET, it's a major disappointment.

The legendary director says he's still waiting for his own alien encounter.

Steven Spielberg has said 'we are not alone' as he admits to believing in aliens, despite not believing they were real when he made Close Encounters of the Third Kind