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

A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a White House panel studying UFOs. Avi Loeb is leading a new ...

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," ...

Throughout history, there have been countless questions about life beyond Earth. Space is vast and unknown, and many hope ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is calling on the government to just "show the alien," arguing that after years of whistleblower hearings and Pentagon file dumps, the American public is ready to ...

An odd event at a farmouse set between Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky influenced Steven Spielberg's most beloved movie.

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

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The trip had all the makings of a boring car ride—until the couple saw mysterious lights approaching from the sky.

Before Hollywood made the gray alien famous, one alleged encounter helped define what people thought aliens looked like. Betty and Barney Hill claimed they were stopped on a rural New Hampshire road, ...