"Disclosure Day" director Steven Spielberg says his latest alien UFO movie is "built on a foundation of truth."

Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg talks to CBS News about his 34th feature film, "Disclosure Day," which explores what would happen if all of the evidence about UFOs and alien life was released

As a child, Steven Spielberg stared at a meteor shower and began his love affair with the sky. The director of the 1977 classic "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" returns with "Disclosure Day," which imagines closely-held secrets surrounding alien visitations.

Spielberg's new thriller centers on a massive U.S. conspiracy to hide the fact that aliens have been visiting Earth for decades. If anything, though, the movie's pleasures feel more retro than timely.

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.

The newly released records span from 1948 to 2025 and include reports, videos and images tied to unresolved unidentified aerial phenomena