NASA tried to CANCEL Steven Spielberg's movie (...and almost succeeded)

Listen to this: Steven Spielberg sent the script for this movie to NASA. And NASA responded with a 20-page letter begging him to cancel the project. Their argument was that releasing it would be dangerous. Folks, we can't keep this a secret any longer. Today, we are going to tell a story about an obsession that haunted a director for 50 years. And how, for some high-ranking officials, that obsession was far too sinister to ever see the light of day. 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - Steven Spielberg, The Boy Who Looked at the Sky 01:26 - Is there life beyond Earth? 02:20 - Firelight (1964) 03:30 - Success in Hollywood and Jaws (1975) 05:35 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind 06:37 - The NASA letter 10:30 - His most personal work 12:57 - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 18:50 - The Dark Side of his Obsession 21:24 - Taken (TV series) 23:00 - War of the Worlds (2005) 25:26 - Falling Skies (2011-2015) 27:30 - The Definitive Movie About Aliens? 28:48 - Disclosure Day (2026) Disclosure Day is a 2026 American science fiction thriller film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp, based on a story by Spielberg. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo.