Scientists updated first contact protocols for 2026, requiring multiple verification steps and UN consultation before announcing alien discoveries or sending replies.

Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

Steven Spielberg’s newest sci-fi movie is Disclosure Day, an action-packed story about a guy (Josh O'Connor) who steals information detailing a decades-long international conspiracy to cover up proof of extraterrestrial visits to Earth.

If and when SETI discovers alien life, a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees once the discovery has been verified, its disclosure will come soon after.

If there’s no proof of aliens, the president can blame the deep state. If there’s proof, he’s a hero. Either way, it helps his popularity, says writer Daniel Lavelle

Disclosure Day' finds Spielberg revisiting some close encounters while crafting a conspiracy thriller that doubles as a career retrospective.

The Pentagon's release of files might help scientists shed light on unexplained phenomena and government secrets, experts said.

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an alien spaceship.

Elon Musk responds to bizarre alien conspiracy with one simple word

The claim that their loved ones’ deaths and disappearances are linked is almost certainly false — but the loss remains real.