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

With Alien Isolation 2 serving the horror-oriented side of the fanbase right now, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is bringing the action. Its predecessor set the foundation for some good old multiplayer fun as you and your buddies shoot down Xenomorphs.

Dr. Hal Puthoff claims the U.S. has recovered remains of four separate species of alien life from UFOs, citing people involved in the recoveries.

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t have enough common ground for that to even be possible?

Astronomers who detect a credible signal from aliens after 2026 will be barred from announcing it publicly or sending any kind of reply until it has been painstakingly verified and reviewed through United Nations channels under a newly rewritten global first-contact code.

To travel between solar systems, a spacecraft would need extremely sophisticated – if not impossible – technology.

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest hints yet" of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when talking about a collected sample from a rock named "Cheyava Falls" on Mars,

A new Sky‑commissioned poll shows 60% of Gen Z Britons believe governments are hiding the truth about UFOs and alien life, making them the least trusting generation on extraterrestrial secrecy.