'Disclosure Day' Released: Steven Spielberg Announces Whether He Thinks Aliens Exist
Legendary director Steven Spielberg is weighing in on whether he thinks aliens really exist as his new movie, Disclosure Day, hits theaters.
The movie, which stars Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor, is Spielberg's latest foray into the world of extra-terrestrials. It debuted in theaters widely on June 12, 2026. The movie explores the concept of a government cover-up and what would happen if the world knew the truth. And it's pulled from the real-life headlines, as the U.S. government has been increasingly dumping UFO-related documents into the public view.
Speaking to CBS Sunday Morning in June 2026, Spielberg revealed that he doesn't believe that the notion that the government has been in "communication" with "off-planet civilizations" is a conspiracy theory. He thinks it's the "truth."
"When the great unknown is actually known by some but is not known by all of us, it's that inequity that got me to write the story for Disclosure Day," said Spielberg to CBS. "Isn't it about time that we are told what's been happening for the last 80-90 years in our oceans and our skies? The movie is built on a foundation of truth, in my humble opinion."
Steven Spielberg Stressed That People Have Testified Under Oath About UFO Sightings
Spielberg told CBS Sunday Morning that "it's very revealing" that there have been consistent stories about aliens and UFOs from witnesses. He said the consistency of eyewitness observations has "wiped away" the notion of it all being a conspiracy theory, mentioning the Loch Ness Monster as an example of the latter.
"There are pockets of course that are conspiracy theories, but the actual idea that we are under observation and being interacted with is something that I have kind of always hung onto as a core truth," said Spielberg in the interview.
He said that his other alien movies are outdated. "Today, with all of the technology that allows us all not just to be eyewitnesses to something, but our experience gets confirmed by our devices, because that's so different," the director said in the interview. "A lot of people have been coming forward in government, in the military, in the Navy and the Air Force." Some people have given testimony under oath "that something's happening that they can't explain, and it's not our technology," Spielberg said.
He said he was brought back onto the subject of UFOs when a video emerged of a UFO called the "Tic Tac" video. The University of Utah explained, "In July of 2023, retired commander in the U.S. Navy David Fravor testified to the House Oversight Committee about a mysterious, Tic Tac-shaped object that he and three others observed over the Pacific Ocean in 2004, off the coast of San Diego. According to his testimony, the object traveled 60 miles per hour in less than a minute and 'did not operate with any of the known aerodynamic principles that we expect for objects that fly in our atmosphere.'"
Steven Spielberg Described How He Became Interested in the Sky & Aliens
Spielberg spoke with CBS Sunday Morningabout the origins of his fascination with aliens. "The movie for me is a summation of my life in science fiction," he said. "It started when I was 17 years old." He said that movie was also about aliens.
He said he was very pleased. "The subject is something that has been with me for most of my young adult life." When he was 5 or 6 years old and living in New Jersey, Spielberg said his father came in the bedroom and put him in a car and drove through the night.
His dad said it was a surprise and then he stopped at a big park and there were people in the middle of the night with picnic blankets. It was to see a meteor shower. "That was the beginning of my love affair with the sky," the famed director told CBS Sunday Morning
"I do remember feeling scared because it was dark, and it was completely out of character with our family routines," Spielberg told CBS Sunday Morning, "I also remember seeing these points of light darting across the sky." He thought it was "extraordinary," adding, "It was the unknown." He said his father was a fan of science fiction.
The movie is about whether it's about time for government to tell the truth to the public about what's going on in the sky and oceans, Spielberg said.
This story was originally published by Men's Journal on Jun 12, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment section. Add Men's Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM.