Splinta Jackson 🇸🇷🇦🇼🇳🇱

DIRECTOR | WRITER | CAMERA | EDITOR

[Splinta Jackson 🇸🇷🇦🇼🇳🇱 @splintajackson]

🍿🎬 My newest Short Film is online NOW! https://t.co/n5aXV2LDQK english & dutch subtitles in the video

[Red Panda Koala @RedPandaKoala]

Steven Spielberg and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

new original UFO history documentary

This documentary covers the early life and career of Steven Spielberg leading up to his first major UFO film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, released in 1977. It covers how Spielberg’s lifelong fascination with UFOs and with film making would ultimately lead to his seminal UFO film.

It also covers J Allen Hynek who was the scientific advisor to the Air Force’s UFO investigation Project Blue Book in the 1950s and 1960s. Hynek would eventually leave Project Blue Book accusing the Air Force of covering up the reality of the UFO phenomenon. Hynek would later be an advisor to Spielberg and would greatly influence Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

This video also goes scene by scene with Close Encounters illustrating real world events and easter eggs the film draws on.

Spielberg’s Early life and film career

00:00 Intro
01:57 Early life
03:50 Early interests in film, space, and flying saucers
05:50 The young film maker
07:23 Spielberg’s first UFO film “Firelight”
10:54 The young LA director
16:12 J Allen Hynek and Project Blue Book
24:55 JAWS

The Making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind

27:19 The making of Close Encounters of the Third Kind
29:21 Hynek and Vallee come on as advisors
34:24 Casting
35:58 Filming locations
37:15 Music
38:14 Special Effects - UFOs and aliens
41:06 George Lucas visits the Close Encounters set
41:55 J Allen Hynek visits the Close Encounters set
43:41 NASA and the Air Force don’t cooperate with the film
44:16 President Jimmy Carter and Close Encounters
45:34 United Nations UFO initiative and Spielberg
47:40 Close Encounters releases November 16, 1977

Close Encounters scene by scene breakdown

49:04 Scene by Scene break down
49:15 The UN investigators and the disappearance of Flight 19
50:25 UFOs above Indiana
51:33 Jillian and her son
52:18 Roy’s first UFO encounter
54:00 UFOs causing car interference and radiation burns
56:36 Police cars chase UFOs over state lines
57:44 UN investigators and Mongolia and India
58:34 Roy’s obsession starts
01:00:21 The signal from space
01:02:12 UFO abducts Jilian’s son
01:02:52 Air Force Press Conference
01:05:18 Mashed potatoes mound, Roy’s family leaves, and Devil’s Tower
01:06:37 The journey to Devil’s Tower
01:08:20 Lockheed and TRW easter egg
01:10:55 The UFO landing site
01:11:36 The UFOs arrive
01:12:23 The abductees return
01:14:05 The aliens

01:16:13 The impact of Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[DAZN Boxing @DAZNBoxing]

A heartbreaking loss for Rico 😢

#UsykRico

[Splinta Jackson 🇸🇷🇦🇼🇳🇱 @splintajackson]

Wtf

[Francis Ngannou @francis_ngannou]

Outsiders will never win, trust me I know, but Rico was the winner tonight. Period.

[Uncrowned @uncrownedcombat]

The #UsykVerhoeven presser ended with both fighters facing off in front of the 3,200 year old Grand Statue of Ramses II 🤯

(via @Turki_alalshikh)

[PFL @PFLMMA]

PFL Brussels Prelims set to get the action going with a bang!

🇸🇷 @djpabena 🆚 Joe Schilling 🇺🇸
🇫🇷 Baris Adiguzel 🆚 Gustavo Oliveira 🇧🇷
🇫🇷 Adam Meskini 🆚 Keweny Lopes 🇧🇷
🇧🇪 Rustam Serbiev 🆚 Ashley Reece 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Whose side will you be on when the cage door closes this Saturday night in Brussels!

#PFLBrussels | Saturday, May 23rd | Prelims 12:30PM EST | Main Card 3PM ET on the ESPN App

[GLORY Kickboxing @GLORY_WS]

🚨 BREAKING: THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX IS OFFICIAL! 8 man will battle at #COLLISION9 with the GLORY World Light Heavyweight Title on the line!

QF1 : Cem Caceres vs Mohammed Hamdi
QF2 : Bahram Rajabzadeh vs Mo Touchassie
QF3 : Luis Tavares vs Donovan Wisse
QF4 : Michael Boapeah vs Artem Vakhitov

The full draw if available NOW on YouTube!

Get your #COLLISION9 tickets NOW!

#COLLISION9 | JUN 13 | GET YOUR TICKETS NOW | Rotterdam Ahoy

[PFL @PFLMMA]

𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗩𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

Unfinished business gets settled in Austin, Texas!

PFL Middleweight World Champion @_VanSteenis and @JohnnyEblen meet again on Saturday, July 18th LIVE from the @MoodyCenterATX

#PFLAustin Pre-Sale LIVE NOW! Sign up for access now!
🎟️ https://t.co/4rrzhm9dTa

[🥷🏾 @Andrey25_]

Unseen footage of Michael Jackson rehearsing "Man in the Mirror" during the Bad Tour, the vocalsss😭😭

[UFC @ufc]

HE ONLY NEEDS ONE ☝️

Gokhan Saricam puts the straight work to work in Round 2!

[ #UFCWInnipeg | LIVE on @ParamountPlus ]

[Marcel Dorff 🇳🇱🇮🇩 @BigMarcel24]

🚨🚨#UFC329/#IFW2026🚨🚨

Here is your first fight for IFW 2026 on July 11th in Las Vegas.

Damian Pinas takes on César Almeida at middleweight in the T-Mobile Arena.

[Uncrowned @uncrownedcombat]

Wow. Yousri Belgaroui put on a clinic against Mansur Abdul-Malik. Incredible performance. #UFCSeattle

[GLORY Kickboxing @GLORY_WS]

🚨 BREAKING: CHAMP VS. CHAMP 🏆 @DonovanWisse will defend his Middleweight Title against Welterweight King Chico Kwasi in the #GLORY107 Main Event!

Bahram Rajabzadeh was forced to withdraw due to an injury.
#GLORY107 | APR 25 | GET YOUR TICKETS NOW | RTM Stage, Rotterdam

[KSW @KSW_MMA]

🔥 Another banger in Kalisz! Former title challenger and a top welterweight contender @KingArturMMA Artur Szczepaniak 🇵🇱🇧🇪 will welcome an undefeated phenom Adam Masaev 🇫🇷 in the new weightclass.

XTB #KSW118 | MAY 16 | Kalisz | @eBiletPL

Wydarzenie odbywa się pod honorowym patronatem Krystiana Kinastowskiego Prezydenta Miasta Kalisza.

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🔥 Nouveau défi, même objectif.

Adam Masaev 🇫🇷 monte de catégorie et affronte Artur Szczepaniak 🇵🇱🇧🇪au XTB KSW 118.
Face au n°4 du ranking welterweight, il ne perd pas de temps.

🎯 Le message est clair : il vient pour accélérer les choses… et se rapprocher de la ceinture
XTB #KSW118 | 16 Mai | Kalisz

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

Losene Keita loses his UFC debut to Nathaniel Wood by split decision #UFCLondon

[PFL @PFLMMA]

JACINTA AUSTIN IN THE FIRST ROUND 😱

#PFLMadrid | 📺LIVE NOW on the ESPN app | 📍Palacio Vistalegre

[Uncrowned @uncrownedcombat]

WHAT A RIGHT HAND FROM GINO VAN STEENIS 👊 #PFLMadrid

[PFL Europe @PFLEurope]

𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙐𝙋 𝙒𝘼𝙍! 💥

Former GLORY Light Heavyweight Champion Donegi Abena makes his PFL debut against Kickboxing legend Joe Schilling at #PFLBrussels on Saturday May 23!

Whose hand gets raised at The ING Arena?

Tickets are selling FAST! 🎟️ https://t.co/1oUSHuBKWX

PFLBrussels | Saturday May 23
ING Arena | Brussels, Belgium