Steven Spielberg says evidence of aliens is 'overwhelming' and believes we're being kept in the dark
E.T. director Steven Spielberg says he believes in aliens and reckons the evidence is ‘overwhelming’.
The legendary director has worked on more than his fair share of science-fiction flicks, alongside the absolute classic ET, he also directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind and War of the Worlds.
So maybe it should come as little surprise that the 79-year old is a believer in real life and thinks there’s more going on than we’re being told.
“I’ve been a believer since I made Close Encounters 50 years ago,” Spielberg told the Associated Press.
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“But I would always say, ‘Until I’ve seen a UAP or a UFO with my own eyes, I’m not going to categorically state that life from out there has come here’.
“But I’ve changed that. I’m now willing to change my mind because of the circumstantial evidence which is overwhelming.”
In an interview with E! News he expanded further, saying he was ‘born believing’ in extra-terrestrial life and as he's grown older his beliefs have been reinforced.
“It sort of became urban legends much more than conspiracy theories," he explained.
"It really became consistently truthful. As I got older and older, I started believing that something really is going on that we’re not being told.”
Spielberg made the claims while promoting his upcoming movie Disclosure Day, which starts Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo, and Josh O’Connor.
The movie centres on a whistleblower who uncovers evidence of non-human intelligence on Earth and kicks off a global reckoning as people try to get to grips with the idea of alien lifeforms.
Although the film is firmly science-fiction, Spielberg thinks there’s more than a pinch of truth to it.
“It’s my first film that will be considered science fiction that I do not consider to be science fiction,” Spielberg said.
“It’s much more reflective of the world as it is evolving and discoveries that are being made as we speak.”
British star Colin Firth, who also appears in the upcoming movie, admitted that Spielberg’s staunch belief in alien life ‘impacted the energy on set’.
“After a few minutes of talking to him, I started to share (his belief)," he told PA.
“I want to know what he wants to know. I want to communicate the same things. It affected all of us that way, really.”
Meanwhile, Blunt revealed that working on the movie made her realise we're probably not alone in the universe.
“I think we all went down a rabbit hole, kind of reading or watching anything we could to do with extra-terrestrial life," she said.
“I kind of wondered then why I hadn’t gone down the rabbit hole before, because I loved it so much.
“It became mathematically impossible for us to imagine that we are alone in the universe, so it became quite exciting.”
Topics: TV and Film
Claire Reid