The movie Battleship could have been a lot better, but the basic story is interesting.
http://silverscreensaucers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/battleship-silver-screen-saucers-review.html
www.veteranstoday.com/2012/09/17/ufo-war-chinese-and-us-navy-off-san-francisco
This is an interesting story but, its difficult to prove.
www.ghosttheory.com/2012/09/18/i-dont-want-to-believe-china-us-fend-off-ufo-threat
The Battle_of_Los_Angeles seemed to involve a vehicle with its own force field in 1942.
The force field was depicted in The_War_of_the_Worlds_1953_film & was primarily set in the LA region. www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/war_of_the_worlds_pal.htm
www.war-of-the-worlds.org/Movies
An interesting expansion of the War_of_the_Worlds_-_Story has occurred. www.waroftheworldsthetruestory.com
http://news.exopoliticsinstitute.org/index.php/31630
Perhaps someone could set up the-whole world to become like a shoot em up Internet video game, but with real death & destruction. www.altergamer.com/sci-fi-ideas
http://www.moviedime.com/battle-los-angeles-city-of-angels-fights-aliens
Battle:_Los_Angeles could have also been a much better movie, then again so could have the movie Skyline.
http://io9.com/5688875/skyline-is-the-most-pointless-movie-of-the-year
Independence Day became the most popular movie in the world in 1996. Part of the movie depicts beam technology that causes some skyscrapers to collapse, as well as a much shorter building.
http://collider.com/will-smith-independence-day-sequels/122930
http://c-shapes.blogspot.ca/2012/10/nostromo-and-prometheus.html
www.businessinsider.com/here-are-the-greatest-moments-in-the-world-trade-centers-hollywood-history-2011-9?op=1
Its difficult to determine earth based or altered technology, versus the ET stuff.
http://c-shapes.blogspot.ca/2012/09/ancient-aliens-on-moon-mike-bara.html
Officially, earth is still suppose to be the only world with life & that apparently keeps most people from thinking otherwise. Not only could there be other inhabited worlds, but other dimensions & entities.
http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/2012/09/l-marzulli-watchers-and-nephilim.html
Sci-fi monster movies & supernatural stories can certainly provide cautionary scenarios, but consciousness doesn't just gravitate to the monstrous side of the spectrum.
http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/2012/09/mike-bara.html
http://c-shapes.blogspot.ca/2012/10/monsters-beasts-and-beings.html