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#092725
Selects: How Area 51 Works
"You turn on that road, it's 12 miles on a dirt road and you'll get to a gate and there'll be warning signs all along saying restricted area, sort of like close encounters type stuff."
— Josh
Josh uses Close Encounters as a reference point for the type of warning signs one would see approaching Area 51.
Sep 27, 2025
#062822
How Alien Contact Might Work
"that's what, that's the money topic is something more like close encounters of the third kind"
— Chuck
Referenced as an example of intelligent extraterrestrial contact scenario compared to discovering primitive microbial life.
Jun 28, 2022
#012222
Selects: How SETI Works
"Obviously Close Encounters, they sent messages out and they said they are completely passive experiment."
— Chuck
Referenced when discussing whether SETI sends signals versus passively listens for them.
Jan 22, 2022
#032721
Selects: What was the Philadelphia Experiment?
"He was actually the inspiration for the Ufologist Frenchman character in Close Encounters of the Third Kind."
— Josh
Josh explains that Jacques Vallée inspired a character in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Mar 27, 2021
#101719
How Project Blue Book Worked, Pt II
"If you've seen the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, highly recommend it first of all."
— Chuck
Chuck references Spielberg's film to explain Hynek's Close Encounters classification scale.
Oct 17, 2019
#061319
How Area 51 Works
"Warning signs all along saying restricted area, sort of like close encounters type stuff."
— Josh
Josh compares the warning signs at Area 51's perimeter to those seen in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Jun 13, 2019
#022516
(Approximately) 10 Things That Vanished Mysteriously
"The only thing I knew about this previous to this research was the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Oh, really, they showed up in that?"
— Josh
Josh mentions that Close Encounters depicted Flight 19 crew members being returned by aliens, though the film actually inspired UFO theories about the disappearance.
Feb 25, 2016
#100815
What was the Philadelphia Experiment?
"he was actually the inspiration for the ufologist, Frenchman character in Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
— Josh
Josh explains that Jacques F. Valais was the inspiration for a character in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Oct 8, 2015
#030112
How SETI Works
"obviously close encounters, they sent messages out"
— Chuck
Chuck references the movie when discussing whether SETI sends out signals to aliens.
Mar 1, 2012
#033111
SYSK Live from SXSW: How UFOs Work
"Uh, the third kind, um, is observation of an intimate, uh, animate being. Scatting. That wasn't quite right according to Steven Spielberg."
— Josh
Josh references Spielberg's famous movie when explaining the Hynek scale classification system for UFO encounters.
Mar 31, 2011
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
Roy Neary
François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe
Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary
Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler
Bob Balaban
David Laughlin
J. Patrick McNamara
Project Leader
Warren J. Kemmerling
Wild Bill
Roberts Blossom
Farmer
P
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician
Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
S
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
A
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
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