Aliens in Pop Culture: How Film and Literature Shape Our Idea of Contact

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Popular culture and real headlines about aliens shape how we imagine contact, using Steven Spielberg, Andy Weir, Orson Welles, and films like Independence Day to explore empathy, whether others have souls, and what discovery would mean for humanity, while skeptics and Avi Loeb point to ongoing UAP uncertainties.

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