Anticipation. Rumors. Anxiously scanning the horizon, hoping that a brilliant force will leave the masses forever changed. Yes, a new Steven Spielberg movie about close encounters with ...

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As Steven Spielberg releases a new film on extraterrestrials, here's a brief history of modern alien conspiracies and why scientists are now taking UFO reports seriously. Amid all the unanswered ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Whistleblower David Grusch said the U.S. government is aware of “several” kinds of extraterrestrial life, ranging in complexity. Lawmakers and UAP whistleblowers gathered at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest hints yet" of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Spielberg has famously explored the topic of alien life throughout his career, notably in films such as Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and War Of The Worlds. The ...

A Catholic priest got fired from his job as an exorcist last week because he claimed that UFOs are, in fact, demons. That news reads like a bit of a genre-mashed Mad Libs, so we’ll slow down a bit: ...

NEW YORK – If you’ve ever loved a Steven Spielberg sci-fi movie, then you have his mom to thank for it. Throughout his nearly half-century career, the three-time Oscar winner has asked us to consider ...

It's one thing to watch "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" in a theater. Watching it with Steven Spielberg? That's a master class. Viewing a scene with Richard Dreyfuss, the conditions of filming ...