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The acclaimed sci-fi novel has inspired countless adaptations, including Steven Spielberg’s 2005 version starring Tom Cruise.

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"The Arrival" was quietly released by Orion Pictures on May 31, 1996, one month before the comic book-like alien invasion spectacle of "Independence Day" landed, and a year before ...

This story first appeared in Trying!, a thoughtful, funny, wide-ranging daily newsletter featuring essays from the mind of Matt Gross. You can sign up for them here. Those were simple aliens for ...

A bizarre alien cult, incompetent detectives, and one disastrous sting operation collide in a forgotten sci-fi oddity now ...

Project Blue Beam, a conspiracy theory originating from Serge Monast's 1994 claims, suggests a government-led scheme to simulate a fake alien invasion or religious event to establish global control.

In a small New Mexico town called Piedmont, 66 of its 68 residents lay dead, their bodies seeming to fall right where they stood or sat — in their homes, at the store, in the street. Only two ...