Hollywood's Alien Narrative and the Disclosures Debate

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Hollywood has long shaped how we imagine aliens and how we would respond to government disclosures, using stories that cast visitors as warnings or benevolent beings to test whether contact would be welcomed or feared, a pattern seen in the work of Priscilla Wald and Steven Spielberg and reflected in public figures like Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Timothy Gallaudet.

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