Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Are we the first?

Are we the first to arrive here?

Is the interpreter with you?

I'm not a professional interpreter.

My occupation is cartography.

I'm a mapmaker.

Can you translate French into English

and English into French?

Yes, I explained to the team leader in

Villa Hermosa.

I'm just a little taken by surprise.

-tes-vous MonsieurLoglin?

-Laughlin, oui.

Oh, Laughlin. Pardon.

They're all there! All of them!

Check for landing marks!

Mr. Lacombe wants the numbers

off the engine blocks!

M-447148!

W-445529!

Number 445529, check!

Approximately 46 gallons

in the right tank!

Tell me something.

What's happening here?

-It's flight number 1 9!

-1 9 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 1 945.

But it looks brand-new!

Where's the pilot?

I don't understand!

Where's the crew?!

How the hell did it get here?!

He says this guy's 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.

Ernie, keep an eye on that point-out.

He's on 1 22.5.

I'll be right back.

Indianapolis Center, you have any

traffic for Air East 31?

Air East 31 , negative.

The only traffic I have is

a TWA L-1 01 1 in your 6:00 position...

...range 1 5 miles...

...and an Allegheny DC-9 in your 1 2:00

position, 50 miles.

Stand by. I'll take a look at

broadband, over.

Air East 31 has traffic 2:00,

slightly above and descending.

Air East 31 , roger.

I have a primary target

about that position now.

I have no known traffic.

Stand by, I'll check low, over.

Check and see if they know who it is.

Center, Air East 31.

The traffic's not lower than us.

He's 1:
00 now,

still above me and descending.

Air East 31 ,

can you say aircraft type?

Negative, Center, no distinct outline.

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 striking.

Center, this is TWA 517.

Traffic now looks like

extra-bright landing lights.

I thought Air East

had his landing lights on.

It could be a satellite.

I have a primary target now

in your 1 0:
00 position...

...five miles, over.

Affirmative, 31.

The traffic is proceeding northeast.

No altitude readout.

Roger, Center. It doesn't appear

he'll be a problem.

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 formy windshield.

We're turning immediately.

Descend and maintain flight level 31 0.

Break Allegheny,

turn right 30 degrees.

Get on the horn to the 45th Recon Wing

and see what they're testing up there.

Do you have test operations

in restricted area 2508?

Air East 31, roger.

The traffic is luminous and

exhibiting non-ballistic motion.

Roger. Continue descent

at your discretion.

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 of340....

Ask if they want to report officially.

TWA 51 7, do you want to report a UFO?

Over.

TWA 51 7, do you want to report a UFO?

Over.

Negative. We don't want to report.

Air East 31 ,

do you wish to report a UFO? Over.

Negative. We don't want

to report one either.

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.

Barry?

Honey?

Barry!

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 it.

All right, look.

Let's say...

...that this boxcar is 60 feet long.

And one-third is across

this switch here.

And now another train is coming.

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.

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 on my table.

This can cause tetanus!

-What is this?!

-You know what's playing?

Pinocchio!

The kids have never seen Pinocchio.

You guys have never seen it.

You'll love it.

I don't believe this.

Who wants to go see

some dumb cartoon rated G for kids?

-How old are you?

-Eight.

-You want to be 9?

-Yeah.

Then you're gonna see Pinocchio

tomorrow night.

That's 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, I'm wrong.

I'm Wrong Roy, all right?

Toby! You are close to death!

Come out here!

I'll give you your choice.

I'm not gonna be biased in any way.

You can either play Goofy Golf, which

means a lot of waiting and pushing...

...or you can see Pinocchio...

...which is a lot of furry animals and

magic and a wonderful time.

-Now, let's vote.

-Golf!

All right, everybody to bed!

No way! Dad said we could finish

watching The Ten Commandments!

Roy, that movie is four hours long.

I told them

they'd watch only five commandments.

Hi, Ronnie, it's Earl.

We got a big problem.

I need your old man in the field.

Roy can't drive at night without me.

We're experiencing an overall outage!

Wait, I can't-- Honey!

Jiminy Cricket.

It's Earl on the phone.

Neary. Get into your truck

and report to line N in Tolono.

We're losing power across the grid.

Has the outage hit you yet?

Hey! Lights!

Barry!

Help! I'm lost.

You're gonna cough up a little

Tolono, right?

Cough up Tolono

on Interstate Highway 90.

A little familiar landmark

of some sort.

-Cornbread Road, south of 20.

-Cornbread?

Power must have been restored.

Couple hundred neighbors think

it's Saturday night.

Dispatch, this is 411.

Do you want me to disregard

that Tolono call?

You're in the middle of the road,

jackass!

Can you tell me where Cornbread is?

Turkey!

M-Mary-1 0 through M-Mary-1 2. Okay.

Stoppage in the single circuits

will lead you right to nowhere.

M-Mary-1 0.

Oh, sh*t!

What do you guys got out there?

I don't believe this!

My God! It's as big as a house!

Shaped like a barn.

This is absolutely crazy.

Just off the Telemark Expressway

and east toward Harper Valley.

No!

Watch out!

Oh, my God! Lady!

Are you okay? I'm sorry.

I didn't see him.

He was in the middle of the road.

Hello! Here!

What's the matter with you?

Barry, come back here!

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