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If Spielberg’s earlier UFO movies gave us awe, comfort and catastrophe, this one feels like an encounter of a fourth kind: What happens when the cover story breaks?

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

In reality, it’s a cover story people use to dress up views — like advocating teen pregnancy — they can’t argue for directly in public.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

The conservative journalist Christopher Caldwell penned a cover story last week for the Spectator magazine titled “The End of Trumpism.”

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

He later told her that identity was a cover story and in fact he was working for the intelligence services.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Goodpaster showed Eisenhower the cover story the CIA had prepared in partnership with NASA, the U.S. space agency.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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