If you are like most movie-goers, on this day in 1982, you were sitting in a theater watching—or standing in line waiting to watch—E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial. Steven Spielberg’s award-winning movie had it all: humor, drama, suspense, action, tear-jerking emotion, and of course, cute kids! It also had tremendous success at the box office, as the highest-grossing film of the year. Adjusted for inflation, E.T. currently ranks #6 on the list of the highest-grossing films of all time!

Who among us has not thought about what lies out there in the vastness of outer space? Do you believe that aliens have already visited our planet? Do you suspect, like Mulder & Scully, that other-worldly life forms are already among us? When you look to the skies, do you imagine an alien encounter to be friendly like Elliott and E.T., or frightening like the ones Rod Serling exposed us to in The Twilight Zone? What if you could visit the far corners of the galaxy with Rocket Raccoon—or even the near corners with a moon-bound astronaut? Would you rather confront a Wookie… or a Martian? Hold a Tribble… or a Gremlin? Or perhaps, you’ve HAD an alien encounter of your own? Anything is possible!