Fire In the Sky was based on the 1978 book The Walton Experience from real-life logger Travis Walton. In it, Walton details his own alleged experience with an alien abduction on November 5, 1975, a tale which he first sold to The National Enquirer.

Steven Spielberg’s fourth film about alien encounters is “Disclosure Day,” following “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “War of the Worlds,” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” That inspired us to take another look at what Roger Ebert thought about some of the most famous and infamous alien movies,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Alien Day was this past Sunday (April 26), and to celebrate one of the best sci-fi ...