close encounter

Summary

close encounter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• close encounter is credited with the discovery of J. Allen Hynek^[2].
• close encounter's image is recorded as Supposed UFO, Passaic, New Jersey.jpg^[3].
• close encounter's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96002203^[4].
• close encounter's subclass of is recorded as alien-human contact^[5].
• close encounter's has part is recorded as unidentified flying object^[6].
• close encounter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01y_8x^[7].
• close encounter's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX554024^[8].
• close encounter's facet of is recorded as ufology^[9].
• close encounter's present in work is recorded as Close Encounters of the Third Kind^[10].
• close encounter's FAST ID is recorded as 963475^[11].
• close encounter's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776102909^[12].
• close encounter's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007544294305171^[13].
• close encounter's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as jnsxw3r9^[14].
• close encounter's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/fb1bfe7e-7cb3-4699-ad4c-9698874c85c6^[15].

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Works and Contributions

close encounter is credited with the discovery of J. Allen Hynek^[2].

Why It Matters

close encounter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]