The day the earth stood still [1951]

Saw this old reddit post that brought up some interesting points about this movie and the way the aliens are described.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/gl72hQBELa

Does anyone think this was a method of “soft disclosure” perpetrated by our government?

From the link:

The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 is really interesting.

Last week, I listened to Robbie Graham – who runs the Silver Screen Saucers website – discussing the relationship between media and UFOlore.

He began to talk about the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still. According to Graham, its mature, grounded depiction of the subject was rather unique for the time. He goes on to mention rumours that aspects of it might have been influenced by the government.

So what do I do? I watch it of course.

The disc glows when in flight. The surface of the disc is perfectly smooth even after it opens up. * This is echoed several times by different characters. There are hardly any instruments inside the ship. No physical panels. Very minimalistic. It travels at 4,000mph. Again, this specific speed is repeated several times by different characters in different contexts. Klaatu represents an “organisation” that seemingly represents other civilisations.

All of the above are specific points of UFOlore, and it seemed that the movie – rather than just mentioning them or having it as part of its makeup – made a point to emphasise it.