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These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

As UFO interest grows, Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars say extraterrestrials would raise questions but not upend belief.

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Funnily enough, the relative ease of making the world a better place was already in the back of my mind as I headed uptown to see “Disclosure Day.” There, on a crowded train during the evening rush ...

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The nature of space, time and the evolution of life on Earth mean it’s unlikely extraterrestrial life has visited our home planet.

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

Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

Matt has been writing for MovieWeb since 2021, specializing in horror, animation, and 80s and 90s films. He obtained his first degree in Media Writing from Greenwich University. In relation to the ...