In 1977 filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s new Alien first contact movie, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, was released in cinemas on December 14.
Unsuspecting audiences witnessed the arrival of extraterrestrials at Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. The film went onto win two Academy Awards from it’s 9 Oscar nominations and was called “the greatest movie ever made by science-fiction guru Ray Bradbury.”
The climax of the movie was the ultimate arrival of scout ships and a Mothership and boy was it ever chilling.
Check out the Superbowl Sunday spot where you can spot a similar scene.
With DISCLOSURE DAY being on many lists of the most anticipated films of 2026, those of us sitting in theaters almost 50 years ago can’t help but notice in the final shot of the new trailer the reveal of the UFO emerging through the clouds just as the ships did a half century ago.
Additionally this marks the 30th feature film collaboration between composer John Williams and Steven Spielberg who worked together on CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND. 1977
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?
This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people.
We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.
Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).
Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025’s Jurassic World Rebirth.
Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award® nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham.
Steven Spielberg is one of the industry’s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park.
Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award® winner, including Oscars® for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler’s List, which received a total of seven Oscars®, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award® nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture.
