EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 21 MIN
Before Disclosure Day: What Spielberg Has Been Telling Us About Aliens
from What it Means To Be Human · host Dan Zetterstrom / Double Barrel
With Disclosure Day coming to theaters, Steven Spielberg is finally delivering the culmination of a lifelong obsession. From a $500 home movie shot in an Arizona backyard to the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, Spielberg hasn’t just been making sci-fi, he’s been building a massive, interconnected puzzle. What if his alien movies were never actually about what’s “out there”? In this video, we trace the entire evolution of Spielberg’s extraterrestrials to show you exactly how his past work sets up the massive stakes of his upcoming film. We dive deep into: • The Chosen: How Close Encounters of the Third Kind utilized real-world UAP researchers like […]
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With Disclosure Day coming to theaters, Steven Spielberg is finally delivering the culmination of a lifelong obsession. From a $500 home movie shot in an Arizona backyard to the biggest blockbusters in cinema history, Spielberg hasn’t just been making sci-fi, he’s been building a massive, interconnected puzzle. What if his alien movies were never actually about what’s “out there”? In this video, we trace the entire evolution of Spielberg’s extraterrestrials to show you exactly how his past work sets up the massive stakes of his upcoming film. We dive deep into: • The Chosen: How Close Encounters of the Third Kind utilized real-world UAP researchers like […]
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