In the 90s, UFO movies were ten a penny.
This sci-fi subgenre has mostly fallen off the radar.
Its being described as All the Presidents Men with UFOs.
In the 1950s, the originalInvasion of the Body Snatcherswas a metaphor for McCarthyism.
In the 1970s, Spielbergs ownClose Encounters of the Third Kindtapped into the paranoia surrounding the Watergate scandal.