>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
AND NOW THE THRILLING CONCLUSION OF MY CONVERSATION WITH THE MAN
I NOW FEEL COMFORTABLE CALLING "MR. SPIELBERG."
LET'S TALK ABOUT UFOs FOR A MINUTE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW?
>> Steven: OH, IT'S EXCITING. [LAUGHS]
THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE. >> Stephen: SO YOU'RE A
BELIEVER? PICCHU I DON'T KNOW IF I'M A
BELIEVER IN THE SENSE THAT I'M KIND OF A PERSON THAT WOULD
THINK, I'VE GOT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO BELIEVE IT.
I CAN MAKE STUFF UP AND MAKE MOVIES ABOUT THINGS THAT I'VE
NEVER SEEN OR EXPERIENCED BUT IN TERMS OF REALLY BELIEVING
SOMETHING I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MY OWN CLOSE ENCOUNTER.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A UFO. I WISH I DID.
>> Stephen: NOTHING THAT'S UNEXPLAINABLE?
>> Steven: I'VE NEVER SEEN AN THING I COULDN'T EXPLAIN.
BUT I BELIEVE CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT THEY CAN'T
EXPLAIN, THAT'S UNEXPLAINABLE. I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN COMING UP
RECENTLY IS FASCINATING, JUST ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
I THINK THE SECRECY THAT IS SHROUDING ALL OF THESE SIGHTIGS
AND THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY UNTIL FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
COMPELS CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE RELEASED PUBLICLY, I THINK THAT
THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THAT SIMPLY NEEDS EXTRAORDINARY DUE
DILIGENCE. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
MY IMAGINATION AND MY LOVE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE ARE ALONE IN
THE UNIVERSE. I THINK IT'S MATHEMATICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE THAT WE ARE THE ONLY INTELLIGENT SPECIES IN THE
COSMOS. I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY
IMPOSSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME, IT ALMOST
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT ANYBODY WOULD VISIT US FROM 400 MILLION
LIGHT-YEARS FROM HERE, EXCEPT IN THE MOVIES, UNLESS IT FIGURES
OUT SOME WAY OF SORT OF BASICALLY JUMPING THE SHARK, SO
TO SPEAK, AND GETTING HERE THROUGH WORMHOLES.
I'M NOT AN ASTROPHYSICIST. I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO IT SO WELL AT JPL.
BUT I JUST KNOW AS A PERSON THAT MAKES MOVIE AND USES HIS
IMAGINATION AND ALSO AS A PERSON THAT'S INSATIABLY CURIOUS ABOUT
UFOs, OR UAPs, THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THAT WE ARE
REALLY NOT -- THAT IS NOT BEING DISCLOSED TO
US. >> Stephen: SENATORS THAT HAVE
BEEN BRIEFED ON THIS, AND NOT JUST THESE LATEST BALLOON
INCIDENTS, SENATORS WHO HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON THE SAID THERE
ARE THINGS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW ON THE QUOTE I
LOVE IS "AND THEY'RE READY TO LEARN."
THAT SAYS TO ME THERE IS SOMETHING SORT OF PARADIGM
SHATTERING ABOUT THIS NEWS THAT WE ARE NOT BEING TOLD.
>> Steven: THE MOST OPTIMISTIC THING I FEEL ABOUT THESE THINGS
THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE SKIES, THE ARMY AND NAVY AND AIR FORCE
ARE RECORDING ON THEIR GUN CAMERAS, IS THAT WHAT IF THEY'RE
NOT FROM AN ADVANCED CIVILIZATION 300 MILLION
LIGHT-YEARS FROM HERE. WHAT IF IT'S US 500,000 YEARS
INTO THE FUTURE THAT IS COMING BACK TO DOCUMENT THE SECOND HALF
OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND INTO THE 21ST CENTURY BECAUSE THEY ARE
ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND THEY KNOW SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T QUITE
KNOW YET THAT HAS OCCURRED. AND THEY ARE TRYING TO TRACK THE
LAST 100 YEARS OF OUR HISTORY? >> Stephen: THE HOPEFUL PART
OF THAT TO ME IS THAT WE SURVIVE.
>> Steven: YES, THAT WE SURVIVE.
OR A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF US SURVIVE THAT ALLOWS THESE OTHER
GENERATIONS TO FLOURISH. >> Stephen: OKAY, IF THERE ARE
ALIENS, IS YOUR BET ON ET OR WERE OF THE WORLD?
>> Steven: ET. WAR OF THE WORLDS WAS A
REFLECTION OF 9/11. MY WAY OF MAKING A STORY ABOUT
THE IMPACT THAT 9/11 HAD ON ALL OF US.
I BELIEVE THAT IF ANY EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATION
HAS JOURNEYED ALL THE WAY HERE, IT'S BECAUSE OF CURIOSITY AND
SCIENCE AND IT'S NOT ABOUT AGGRESSION.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE IF THEY CAN GET HERE, THEY DON'T NEED
OUR RESOURCES. THEY MUST HAVE ENORMOUS
RESOURCES ALREADY. >> Steven: EXACTLY.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THIS PATIENT WITH US AND HAVEN'T
TURNED THE EARTH INTO A BURNED-OUT CINDER IS
EXTRAORDINARY. >> Stephen: YOU ARE
STEVEN SPIELBERG. OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE PICCHU MOVIE
IDEAS ALL THE TIME. I HAVE A GREAT IDEA.
USE IT. DON'T USE IT.
HEAR ME OUT. ET 2.
IT'S TIME. >> Steven: IS THAT THE TITLE?
"E.T. 2: IT'S TIME." >> Stephen: IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT THE TITLE IS. ET 2, ELECTRIC BOOGALOO.
WE MAKE IT. WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
IT'S ABOUT A BILLION-DOLLAR OPENING WEEKEND.
THE HIGHEST GROSSING OPENING WEEKEND OF ALL TIME.
ET 2. >> Steven: OR NOBODY WILL SHOW
UP BECAUSE THEY LOVE "E.T. 1" SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE CRAZY. I'VE GOT SOME TITLES.
ET AGAIN. LOOK WHO IS ETING NOW.
ET PREDATOR. WOULD YOU WANT TO SEE THE
PREDATOR FIGHT ET? >> Steven: IT IS LIKE YODA IN
THE LAST "STAR WARS" MOVIE WHERE HE FOUGHT SO WONDERFULLY.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY. CGI ET, GIVE THEM A LIGHTSABER,
CROSSOVER. >> Steven: I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: THINK ABOUT IT. DON'T ANSWER ME NOW.
>> Steven: THE WEAPONIZING OF "E.T.," I DON'T THINK THAT SUCH
A GOOD IDEA. >> Stephen: REALLY?
IT'S A DIFFERENT WORLD. 1982, OBVIOUSLY ET ISN'T GOING
TO HAVE A LIGHTSABER. >> Steven: HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY
ARMOR. HE HAS NO CLOTHES.
IF IT WASN'T FOR GERTIE AND ELLIOT, HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY
CLOTHES. PEOPLE REPORT BEING ABDUCTED BY
EXTRATERRESTRIALS, WHY THEY ARE NOT WEARING CLOTHES.
WHY ARE THEY NAKED? >> Stephen: MAYBE IT'S A VERY
TIGHT SKIN SUIT. MAYBE IT'S A CATSUIT.
>> Steven: MAYBE IT'S A WHOLE THERMOSTATIC SYSTEM.
>> Stephen: MAYBE THEY ARE NOT GRAY.
MAYBE HAD ZIPS UP. ALL RIGHT.
ONE MORE TIME ON THE ET 2, THIS TIME WE DO IT RIGHT.
FORGET REESE'S PIECES. THE M&M PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
CRAWLING TO YOU. >> Steven: YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
THEY HAD THEIR SHOT. I'M STICKING WITH REESE'S.
>> Stephen: LOYALTY. YOU LIKE TO WORK WITH THE SAME
PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> Steven: I AM LOYAL TO THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE LOYAL TO ME. >> Stephen: IT IS NOT A HARD
KNOW IS WHAT I'M HEARING, THAT YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
>> Steven: I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF
REESE'S PIECES. >> Stephen: DID YOU EVER THINK
ABOUT A SEQUEL TO "E.T."? >> Steven: NO, NEVER.
>> Stephen: I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE THIS WITH YOU.
>> Steven: I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: I WANT YOU, JUST WHATEVER.
LOOK THROUGH IT. DON'T LOOK THROUGH IT.
DON'T LOOK AT IT NOW. >> Steven: IT SAYS ET ETU
BRUTE. IT'S THE ONE I WANT SENTENCE FOR
YOU. "E.T. MAKE BANK."
THAT'S MY CHRISTMAS CARD. >> Steven: I AM GOING TO OPEN
THIS WHEN I'M IN THE OFFICE AND I WILL WRITE YOU A LETTER ABOUT
IT. OH, MY GOD, THERE IS ACTUALLY A
SCRIPT HERE. >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK I'M
NOT GOING TO PITCH STEVEN SPIELBERG --
I AM GIVING IT TO J.J. ABRAMS. THANKS AGAIN TO
STEVEN SPIELBERG. JOHN WILLIAMS.
EVERYONE AT AMBLIN. YOU CAN WATCH "THE FABELMANS" IN
THEATERS AND AT HOME NOW. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.