CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE FIRST KIND:Sighting of an unidentified flying object. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE SECOND KIND:Physical evidence after a sighting. CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND:Contact between human and alien beings. For Roy Neary, a young engineer who long ago felt the magic of wishing upon a star, it all starts the night of a strange local blackout—a blackout in which the power fails but the most vivid of colors emerge. It is a night that begins in doubt and wonder but leaves an impression strong enough to change the rest of his life.