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

Spielberg’s not the only filmmaker to ponder how people of faith might react to the revelation of otherworldly life: In the 1997 Robert Zemeckis film Contact, a fundamentalist suicide bomber with a hatred of scientists destroys Earth’s plans to communicate with a cosmic messenger.

The White House launched a website teasing new information on aliens, but it actually delivers immigration arrest data, including hundreds in Kansas.

According to the History Channel, they are officially scheduled to air another new episode of their hit documentary series, “Ancient Aliens” tonight, June 11, 2026, and it will feature a look at possible underwater homes for aliens. This episode is the 7th one for this current season 22.