Photo: Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images You kind of knew that Steven Spielberg believes in aliens. But did you know know? In your heart of hearts? The man behind E.T. , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , and War of the Worlds is leaving no doubt now. At a recent event at the 2026 SXSW film festival, Spielberg revealed himself to be not just someone with a casual interest in extraterrestrials but a genuine alien-conspiracy theorist. During a keynote conversation at the Austin festival, the