Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Are we the first?

Are we the first to arrive here?

Man 1: Mr. Wilson!

Is the interpreter with you?

I'm not a, uh, professional interpreter.

My occupation is cartography.

I'm a mapmaker.

Can you translate French into English and English into French?

Yes, yes, I explained to the team leader in villa hermosa.

I'm just a little taken by surprise.

How long have you been working on this project?

I've been with the American team from the beginning.

In fact, I saw you at the montsoreau conference which ended well...

Especially for you. Especially for the French.

If it isn't too late, my congratulations.

They're all there! All of them!

Man 2: Check for landing marks!

Mr. Lacombe wants the numbers off the engine blocks!

W-445529!

Number 445529, check!

Approximately 46 gallons in the right tank!

447149, check!

Tell me something. What the hell is happening here?

- It's flight number 19! - Nineteen what?

It's that training mission from the naval air station at Fort Lauderdale.

They were doing target runs on an old hulk.

Who flies crates like these anymore?

No one! These planes were reported missing in 1945.

But it looks brand-new!

Where's the pilot?

I don't understand!

Where's the crew? Hey!

How the hell did it get here?!

He says this guy is local.

He was here last night. He saw it happen.

Sunburn?

He says the sun came out last night.

He says it sang to him.

Harry, keep an eye on that point-out I gave you.

I'll be right back.

Pilot 1 : Indianapolis center, you have traffic for air east 31?

Air east 31, negative.

The only traffic I have is a two I-1011 in your 6 o'clock position...

Range 15 miles...

And an allegheny DC-9 in your 12 o'clock position, 50 miles.

Stand by one. I'll take a look at broadband, over.

Air east 31 has traffic 2 o'clock, slightly above and descending.

Air east 31, Roger.

I have a primary target about that position now.

I have no known high-altitude traffic.

Stand by one, I'll check low, over.

Dick, will you check low-altitude, see if they know who this is?

Center, air east 31.

The traffic's not lower than us.

He's 1 o'clock now, still above me and descending.

Air east 31, can you say aircraft type?

Negative, center, uh, no distinct outline.

Uh, to tell you the truth, the target is rather brilliant.

It has the brightest anti-collision lights I think I've ever seen.

Alternating white to red.

The colors are a little striking.

Pilot 2: Center, this is two 517.

Traffic now looks like extra-bright landing lights.

I thought air east had his landing lights on.

It could be a satellite.

Air east 31, I have a primary target now in your 10 o'clock position, five miles, over.

- Never seen anything like that. - Pilot 1: Affirmative, 31.

The traffic is proceeding northeast-bound.

No altitude readout.

Roger, center. It doesn't appear he's gonna be a problem now.

He's going to descend about 1500 feet below me.

Wait a second!

Stand by one.

Okay, center, air east 31. The traffic has turned.

He's heading for my windshield. We 're turning right and leaving flight level 350.

Air east 31, descend and maintain flight level 310.

Break allegheny, turn right 30 degrees.

Get on the horn to the 45th recon wing, see what the hell they're testing up there.

This is Indianapolis center. Are there any test operations in restricted area 2508?

Air east 31, Roger.

The traffic is quite luminous, exhibiting some non-ballistic motion, over.

Roger, air east 31. Continue descent at your discretion, over.

Okay, center. Descent at pilot's discretion is approved.

The traffic is approaching head-on, ultra-bright and really moving.

And right by us! Right now! Now that was really close.

Air east 31 is out of 340...

Ask them if they want to report officially.

Twa 517, do you want to report a ufo? Over.

Twa 517, do you want to report a ufo? Over.

Pilot 2: Negative. We don't want to report.

Air east 31, do you wish to report a ufo? Over.

Pilot 1: Negative. We don't want to report one of those either.

Uh, air east 31, do you wish to file a report of any kind? Over.

I wouldn't know what kind of report to file, center.

Air east 31, me neither.

I'll try to track traffic to destination, over.

Woman : What are you doing? Man: I'm just...

What?

[Man & woman speaking indistinctly on TV]

Barry?

Honey?

Honey?

Barry!

Barry.

Barry!

Boy: Dad, do my problems for me.

I don't have to do your problems for you. You do your problems for you.

That's why I graduated, so I don't have to do problems.

I don't understand these fractions.

All right. What's one-third of 60?

That's a fraction. I don't understand them.

All right, look.

Let's say...

That this boxcar is 60 feet long, okay?

And one-third of it is across this switch here. All right?

Okay? And now another train is coming.

Now, how far do you have to move this boxcar off the track...

So that the other train doesn't smash it?

Quickly, Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake.

Brad, any answer.

Remember last weekend...

You promised everybody a movie this weekend?

Honey?

- And you also promised goofy golf. - Oh, yeah.

Roy, what is all this stuff on my table?

I thought I told you this was for my stuff.

I mean, you can have that table.

I don't want this stuff on my breakfast table. This can cause tetanus!

- What is this?! - Hey, you know what's playing in town?

Pinocchio! The kids have never seen Pinocchio.

You guys have never seen Pinocchio. You'll love it.

- Aww... - I don't believe this.

Who wants to go to see some dumb cartoon rated g for kids?

- How old are you? - Eight.

- You wanna be 9? - Yeah.

Then you're gonna see Pinocchio tomorrow night.

Roy, that is a wonderful way to win over your children.

I'm not serious. I'm just saying that I grew up with Pinocchio.

And if kids are still kids, they're gonna eat it up.

Okay.

Okay, I'm wrong. I'm wrong. I'm wrong Roy, all right?

Toby! You are close to death!

Come out here!

Roy: Okay, now, I'm gonna give you your choice.

I'm not gonna be biased in any way.

Tomorrow night, you can play goofy golf, waiting and shoving and pushing...

And probably getting a zero, or you can see Pinocchio...

Which is furry animals and magic and you'll have a wonderful time. Okay?

Now, let's vote. Both: Golf!

All right, everybody to bed!

Toby: No way! Dad said we could finish watching the ten commandments!

Roy, that movie is four hours long, you know.

Roy: I told them they'd watch only five commandments.

- Hello? Hi, Earl. - Man: Hi, Ronnie, it's Earl.

- We got a big problem coming your way. - What?

I need your old man in the field now.

Oh, you know Roy can't drive at night without me.

Tell him we 're experiencing an overall outage.

Wait, wait, wait, I can't, uh... Hey, honey.

Jiminy cricket! It's Earl on the phone.