Spielberg Reveals ETs Long-Awaited Secret!

has finally revealed whether the two main characters of his 1982 classic ET the Extra-Terrestrial ever saw each other again. 

The movie starred Henry Thomas as a ten-year-old boy called Elliott who develops a fast friendship with a space abandoned by his fellows on Earth.

Moviegoers around the world were touched by their bond, wiping away tears when ET finally leaves the planet and says goodbye to Elliott.

Now, promoting his new sci-fi feature Disclosure Day starring , Spielberg has found himself facing the question of if the characters ever reunited.

'No, never saw him again, but he did dream about him, so there was a psychic link between the two of them,' he said on the podcast Happy Sad Confused.

Placing a finger to his forehead, the 79-year-old director reminded viewers: 'If you notice that ET touched right here and said: “I’ll be right here.”'

In doing so, ET forged a connection between his mind and that of the little boy, one that was able to last 'the rest of Elliott's life,' according to Spielberg.

Actress Pat Welsh held the uncredited voice role of ET, amid a cast that included six-year-old Drew Barrymore in the part that made her a star.

The Jaws director noted that 'then Sam Neill came available, and he’s Alan Grant - that belongs to him,' earning a murmur of agreement from Blunt. 

In 1993, the year Spielberg came out with both Jurassic Park and Schindler's List, Ford also had a critical and commercial triumph in the shape of The Fugitive. 

Spielberg, who has , has returned to the genre with his new film Disclosure Day, which was released in America on Friday.

Blunt and Josh O'Connor star respectively as a meteorologist and whistleblower exposing the US government's cover-up of its contact with space aliens.

In setting up tension between human states and extra-terrestrials, Spielberg revived themes he explored in such films as ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

The critics were impressed by the film to the tune of 82 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, while the public was slightly less enthused, resulting in a 74 percent audience score on the site.