A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND IS DEFINED AS THE FOLLOWING:
AN OBSERVATION OF AN ALIEN BEING
SOME HAVE GONE ON TO MAKE SUB CATEGORIES
1. BEING IS OBSERVED INSIDE THE UFO
2. BEING IS OBSERVED BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE UFO
3. BEING IS OBSERVED NEAR THE UFO
4. BEING IS OBSERVED IN THE ABSENCE OF A UFO, BUT IN AN AREA OF REPORTED UFO ACTIVITY
5. BEING IS OBSERVED IN THE ABSENCE OF A UFO AND NO RECENT UFO ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED