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Military Expert: The World Could Never Survive a Real 'Battle: Los Angeles'

By Lee SpeigelMar 29th 2011 – 11:29AM
20th Century Fox Film

20th Century Fox Film

A giant spaceship from another world arrives during the day and positions itself above the White House in Washington, while more ships do the same over other major cities around the world. Then, without warning, all hell breaks loose, and the ships begin using devastating weapons and power to destroy everything around...

Couple Finds Spielberg's 'ET' in Log

By David MoyeMar 1st 2011 – 12:05PM

When E.T. phones home, he might want to tell his relatives he's stuck in a tree -- literally. That's what Pete Burford, a retired British man in Eldersfield, Gloucestershire, discovered when he chopped down a poplar tree for firewood. SWNS.com Pete and Sylvia Burford noticed the face of E.T. in a piece of wood...

Mission Aborted for Denver's UFO Initiative

By David MoyeNov 3rd 2010 – 6:17PM
M.I.B.

M.I.B.

(Nov. 3) -- Denver voters may have put the kibosh on a proposed initiative that, if passed, would have required the mayor to set up an E.T. affairs commission, but Jeff Peckman, the man who authored the measure, remains UFO -- Undeterred and Firmly Optimistic -- about its effect on future efforts of this sort. "We are...

UFO Believers Around the Galaxy Celebrate 'Interplanetary Confederation'

By David MoyeOct 7th 2010 – 2:09PM
Unarius Academy of Science

Unarius Academy of Science

(Oct. 7) -- New Year's Day may be celebrated all over the world, but the most universal holiday celebrated on Earth is taking place Oct. 9-10. It's the Interplanetary Conclave of Light, a holiday that is reportedly celebrated on 33 planets across the galaxies, including as-yet undiscovered planets with names like Po,...

Mazlan Othman Not Earth's Alien Ambassador After All

By David KnowlesSep 27th 2010 – 4:05PM

(Sept. 27) -- Call it one small misstep for mankind. Malaysian astrophysicist Mazlan Othman has officially denied media reports that she was selected by the United Nations to represent earthlings in their future dealings with aliens. "It sounds really cool," Othman told The Guardian, "but I have to deny it." The...

Background on e t

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (often referred to simply as E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote.

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