Ronald Mikhail Gorbachev asked Reagan for help with aliens at summit . The former US President and actor was said to be a science fiction fan . He arranged private screenings of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and asked Gorbachev for help dealing with any future alien invasion . Mikhail Gorbachev 's advisers edited out mentions of aliens in subsequent speeches .
Ronald Reagan asked Mikhail Gorbachev for help with aliens at summit . The former US President and actor was said to be a science fiction fan . He arranged private screenings of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and asked Gorbachev for help dealing with any future alien invasion . Reagan 's advisers edited out mentions of aliens in subsequent speeches .