The Nation on MSN

Steven Spielberg’s Aliens

Disclosure Day has plenty of UFOs and extraterrestrial species but very little of the human insights found in the filmmaker’s ...
On a dark night several decades ago, Kate Bush pulled over by the side of the road to discover a strange phenomenon in the ...
If humanity detected an alien signal, scientists at least have a rough protocol: verify it, share the data, notify major institutions, and avoid rushing a response. But if aliens physically arrived – ...
After the famed Betty and Barney Hill encounter in 1961, alleged alien abductions were everywhere—and most of the tales followed the same patterns.
Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster is a non-stop thrill ride, but did it convince you that we are not alone?
Space: 1999 may have offered audiences a glimpse into the future, but its premise was rooted in the past — specifically, in a ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? It was a temperate summer evening on September 19, 1961, when husband-and-wife duo ...