The Delivery… For Steven Spielberg, “Disclosure Day” was always going to be an inevitable movie to make. This is his fourth alien encounter movie, and the one that was to finalize his fascination with the genre.

In one of the most memorable moments — and my personal favorite scene — from M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 sci-fi thriller “Signs,” Graham Hess (Mel Gibson), a faithless former pastor, tells his brother Merrill (Joaquin Phoenix) what people are thinking when they look at the extraterrestrial lights that have appeared in the sky.

Scene for scene, the movie is a vigorous and diverting ride. Yet coming after the mountains of real UAP footage we've seen, "Disclosure Day" never gives you the contact high of awe that "Close Encounters" did.

From Project Hail Mary to Independence Day, Alien to Arrival, these alien movies are much better than Disclosure Day.

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.