Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the Lord, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by Myself and spreading out the earth all alone” (Isaiah 44:24)
“Disclosure Day”
The new Steven Spielberg movie Disclosure Day is in theaters everywhere. It is a follow-up to his classic movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). A concise summary of Disclosure Day was provided by journalist Ben Mankiewicz: “It's part chase flick, part '70s thriller, and part big tech conspiracy, all colliding to make Disclosure Day a sci-fi story for a modern audience.”1
In an interview, Spielberg also described his movie:
"Disclosure Day is about how, if somebody had the power and if somebody had possession of the entire archive of visual evidence of what's been happening for the last 80 years, what would happen if they decided to do a data dump across the entire world all at once?" Spielberg said. "And the people who are trying to stop that data dump from happening, that is basically the core of this chase movie.”2
The release of this movie could not have happened at a better time for the “modern audience” since there has been much in the media concerning the publishing of Government files concerning UFO’s (Unidentified Flying Objects), most of which pertains to UAP’s (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena). There have been many purported sightings of UFO’s around the world, but no physical evidence has been presented that establishes conclusively that any actual extraterrestrial aliens (ET’s) have landed on earth. This doesn’t dissuade those who believe that alien beings have visited our planet or are presently among us, for Spielberg happens to be one of them, having stated: "I absolutely think that they have been here, and they are here."3
Faith vs. UFO’s
There is an added element about this movie that should concern all who believe in Jesus Christ, as noted by journalist Dylan Scott:
But his movie also focuses on a second topic that has long preoccupied Spielberg and other sci-fi directors: faith. It’s a story about believing in something—whether it’s religious doctrine or UFO brain downloads—and the tensions that could arise between different kinds of prophecy.4
Likewise, Spielberg commented:
“And the movie also takes the position of the church. What does this do to the fundamental beliefs that many of us have? Is God our God only on this planet? Or is God a god for every system where there’s civilization and intelligent life, and even developing life?”5
Scott notes that “religious thinkers have contemplated life outside of Earth for generations—and they’re surprisingly open-minded about what we might find. Pope Francis even said he would baptize an extraterrestrial.”6 Scott goes on to state:
But religious leaders here in reality tend to sound much more chill [agreeable] about aliens. The Vatican has acknowledged the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe and affirmed its consistency with Catholic theology. Jewish rabbis have contemplated ETs and reached the same conclusion, as have Muslim scholars who see textual evidence that life could exist out in the vastness of space.7 Buddhists believe8 that their sacred traditions anticipate that life on earth is part of a much grander cosmic community.9
Our culture’s fixation upon extraterrestrials has been widespread since the Roswell, New Mexico incident of 1947.10 Even the discontented youths of the 1970’s Vietnam era expressed a hope that extraterrestrials might help in attaining world peace:
There's life in other worlds,
Maybe they'll come to earth,
Helping man to find a way.
One day I hope we'll be in perfect harmony,
A planet with one mind.11
However, note the questions that the mainstream media carefully refrain from asking: If there are extraterrestrials would it cast doubt upon everything that Scripture claims about God’s existence and His created universe? Should the existence of extraterrestrial alien beings undermine and destabilize the Christian’s faith in God?
The Short Answers
The short answer to the first question is “No.” But only when a person understands God’s almighty and sovereign character as declared by Scripture: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1; cf. Isa. 37:16; Acts 17:24).
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained. (Psalm 8:3)
He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. (Psalm 147:4; cf. Isa. 40:26)
The vastness of His creative act “in the beginning” is still active; for there is not only scriptural evidence but physical evidence that the universe is still expanding. In 1929, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is indeed expanding.12 NASA claims that “our universe is not only growing, but that expansion rate is accelerating.”13 This substantiates the claims of Scripture:
It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. (Isaiah 40:22; 42:5; 44:24; Ps. 104:2)
The answer to the second question should also be “No.” For the believer in Jesus Christ ought to know that with God nothing in impossible or too difficult.
Ah Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You. (Jeremiah 32:17; cf. Luke 1:27; Gen. 18:14; Matt. 19:26)
Final Thoughts
This is God’s universe and He is able to do anything He chooses—like creating life in another galaxy. Yet He has chosen not to reveal the entirety of what He has done in His universe.
Instead, we need to recognize that in Scripture He has provided “to us everything pertaining to life” (2 Peter 1:3)—that is, our Christian life. Therefore, at this present time, our lives should be focused upon being His effective witnesses on planet earth. For Jesus associated us with Him in the task committed to Him by the Father,14 Who sent Him to earth: “We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work” (John 9:4).
Today’s culture already offers many distractions for believers: entertainment, politics, internet, etc. The contemplation of extraterrestrials may be interesting, but don’t let this sidetrack us from doing His work of spreading the gospel—speaking this truth so that other might hear and believe in Christ for eternal life (Rom. 10:13–17).
[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/disclosure-day-director-steven-spielberg-on-alien-visitations/ [Retrieved June 25, 2026]
[2] Ibid
[3] Ibid
[4] https://www.vox.com/culture/491587/disclosure-day-steven-spielberg-movie-aliens-ufo-files [Retrieved June 25, 2026]
[5] Ibid
[6] Ibid
[7] https://aboutislam.net/counseling/ask-about-islam/aliens-extraterrestrial-islamic-look/ [Retrieved June 28, 2026]
[8] https://www.academia.edu/92025838/buddhism_and_extraterrestrial_life [Retrieved June 28, 2026]
[9] https://www.vox.com/culture/491587/disclosure-day-steven-spielberg-movie-aliens-ufo-files [Retrieved June 25, 2026]
[10] https://www.britannica.com/event/Roswell-incident [Retrieved June 30, 2026]
[11] My Song, written by Michael Thomas Pinder, © BMG Rights Management, Concord Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group; From the Moody Blues album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971).
[12] https://cosmology.carnegiescience.edu/timeline/1929.html [Retrieved June 29, 2026]
[13] https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/science-highlights/discovering-a-runaway-universe/ [Retrieved June 29, 2026]
[14] A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1933), Jn 9:4.
© 2026 David M. Rossi