TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

This summer, science fiction is looking up again. With Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day (starring Emily Blunt) arriving in theaters, audiences are once again being invited to ask one of the genre’s oldest questions: what if we are not alone? It is a question Spielberg has returned to throughout his career, from the wide-eyed wonder of Close Encounters of the Third Kind to the suburban magic of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and the darker futuristic paranoia of Minority Report . His best sci-fi stories are about awe, fear, communication, and the human tendency to believe that there is something bigger happening in the cosmos.  That is what makes “disclosure” such a perfect sci-fi subject. The idea of a hidden truth finally being revealed taps into our collective fascination with government secrets, extraterrestrial encounters, alternate timelines, and futures we may not be ready to face. Sci-fi gives us a safe, spectacular way to imagine: first contact, time travel, dystopian syst...

From Vegas to Lake Huron, and everywhere in between, it seems the UFO sighting is hotter than ever. Even former Air Force veteran and  military intelligence official David Grusch has been on a tear as of late claiming the U.S. government has an alien spacecraft they are currently working to "reverse engineer." And what's more, he claims that he is at  “great personal risk and obvious professional risk” speaking out about his purported knowledge. Well TheArchive thinks the risk is worth it - we certainly believe him - and if you need any further proof, look no further than our body of extraterrestrial sightings right here. We blast off with Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact . This documentary examines whether UFOs are real. It studies over 250 amateur video clips, evaluates several recent revelations about Roswell, and examines footage of the removal of an alien implant and hear from a panel of "experts" including: Richard Dreyfuss, David Duchovny, Steven...