Person · Registry ID 011
Steven Spielberg
Film director and producer
2 evidence records
Registry record
- Past roles
- Film director, producer; Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); E.T. (1982)
- Credentials
- Film and media credentials; no verified UAP investigative or classified access
- UAP involvement
- Consulted J. Allen Hynek for Close Encounters; public commentary on UAP
- Principal disclosures
- Expressed belief in possible extraterrestrial visitation; does not claim firsthand encounter
- Evidence contributed
- 1977 film with Hynek technical consultation; 2026 CBS interview
- Knowledge type
- Cultural commentator; no claimed firsthand UAP observation
- Corroboration
- Hynek consultation corroborated by Northwestern archival biography
- Assessment
- Cultural influence documented; fictional depictions are not evidence
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-29
Evidence (2)
- Hynek consulted on Close Encounters of the Third Kind DocumentedFirsthand
- Spielberg described belief in alien visitation and denied own sighting ReportedFirsthand