The 1977 film “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” caused a big spike in tourism to Devils Tower, the mysterious landmark that plays a key role in the movie.

The idea of writing a movie for Steven Spielberg sounds incredibly daunting. Writing a fifth movie for Steven Spielberg — an alien encounter film for the guy who directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind,

Neil deGrasse Tyson, who for years has laughed off and shot down questions about UAP and aliens, is ready to talk at length about the phenomenon - and wants to see some real proof after the latest wave of whistleblowers and "disclosure" files released by the Pentagon.

A well-known conspiracy theory (also seen in The X-Files) attests that aliens are in communication with the U.S. government, providing knowledge and advanced weaponry, or engaged in secret wars with the military.

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 if any non-human entities outside of Earth are interested ...