Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
documentedsource_actorMedia & Soft-Disclosure
Spielberg's 1977 UFO film; cast real Project Blue Book scientist J. Allen Hynek; Lacombe modeled on Jacques Vallee.
Spielberg consulted/cast J. Allen Hynek (Blue Book astronomer) as himself; the Lacombe character (François Truffaut) is widely read as modeled on Jacques Vallée. Its government-cover-up subplot was dropped by Spielberg for creative reasons (no documented government pressure).
Connected entities
J. Allen Hynek.Jacques Vallee.Steven Spielberg.Thesis: Spielberg's films = covert UFO 'soft disclosure'.