Turns out the Nixon–Jackie Gleason alien legend is far from the only Hollywood close encounter.

Devils Tower, Wyoming (CNN) — The buzz started in a hay meadow at the foot of a mysterious-looking geological formation. Helicopters and trailers arrived in large numbers, famous faces and a ...

You'd think that a man who has made four theatrical movies about contact with extra-terrestrial life, both benevolent and malevolent, would have had at least one close encounter in his lifetime. But ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters of the Third Kind contact humans using music and lights, but the director ...

Scene for scene, the movie is a vigorous and diverting ride. Yet coming after the mountains of real UAP footage we've seen, "Disclosure Day" never gives you the contact high of awe that "Close ...

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

Steven Spielberg might be best known for "Jaws" and "Jurassic Park", but it's aliens where Spielberg seems to keep returning. Despite a huge roster of movies, "E.T". and "Close Encounters of the Third ...