We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever since H.G. Wells released "War of the Worlds" in 1898, popular culture has been fascinated by alien invasion stories. For over a century, ...

So much of the talk around Hollywood right now is about Disclosure Day. The big-budget sci-fi thriller sees a cybersecurity expert become a whistleblower who reveals secrets to the world about aliens.

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...