First contact (science fiction)

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This article is about a fictional meeting between extraterrestrial and human civilization. For a real-world perspective on the results of extraterrestrial contact, see Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact. For other uses, see First contact (disambiguation).

A scene of a first contact between aliens and humans in Robert Sheckley's 1952 short story "Warrior Race".

First contact is a common theme in science fiction about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life, or of any sentient species' first encounter with another one, given they are from different planets or natural satellites. It is closely related to the anthropological idea of first contact

Popularized be the 1897 book The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, the concept was commonly used throughout the 1950s and 60s, primarily as an allegory for Soviet infiltration and invasion. The 1960s American television series Star Trek introduced the concept of the "Prime Directive", a regulation intended to limit the negative consequences of first contact.

Although there are a variety of circumstances under which first contact can occur, including indirect detection of alien technology, it is often portrayed as the discovery of the physical presence of an extraterrestrial intelligence. As a plot device, first contact is frequently used to explore a variety of themes.[1]

History[edit]

Murray Leinster's 1945 novelette "First Contact" established the term first contact in science fiction,[1] although the term first appeared in Leinster's 1935 story "Proxima Centauri".[2]

The conceptual idea of humans encountering an extraterrestrial intelligence for the first time dates back to the second century AD, where it is presented in the novel A True Story by Lucian of Samosata.[3] The 1752 novel Le Micromégas by Voltaire depicts a visit of an alien from a planet circling Sirius to the Solar system. Micromegas, being 120,000 royal feet (38.9 km) tall, first arrives at Saturn, where he befriends a Saturnian. They both eventually reach the Earth, where using a magnifying glass, they discern humans, and eventually engage in philosophical disputes with them. While superficially it may be classified as an early example of science fiction, the aliens are used only as a technique to involve outsiders to comment on Western civilization, a trope popular at the times.[citation needed]

The first notable example of intelligent aliens invading the Earth is The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, in which Martians mount a global invasion of Earth.[4]

Throughout the 1950s, stories involving first contact were common in the United States, and typically involved conflict. Professor of Communication Victoria O'Donnell writes that these films "presented indirect expressions of anxiety about the possibility of a nuclear holocaust or a Communist invasion of America. These fears were expressed in various guises, such as aliens using mind control, monstrous mutants unleashed by radioactive fallout, radiation's terrible effects on human life, and scientists obsessed with dangerous experiments." Most films of this kind have an optimistic ending. She reviewed four major topics in these films: (1) Extraterrestrial travel, (2) alien invasion and infiltration, (3) mutants, metamorphosis, and resurrection of extinct species, and (4) near annihilation or the end of the Earth.[5]

The 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still was one of the first works to portray first contact as an overall beneficial event.[6] While the character of Klaatu is primarily concerned with preventing conflicts spreading from Earth, the film warns of the dangers of nuclear war.[7][8] Based on the 1954 serialized novel, the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers depicts an alien infiltration, with the titular Body Snatchers overtaking the fiction town of Santa Mira. Similarly to The Day the Earth Stood Still, Invasion of the Body Snatchers reflects contemporary fears in the United States, particularly the fear of communist infiltration and takeover.[9]

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke depicts a combination of positive and negative effects from first contact: while utopia is achieved across the planet, humanity becomes stagnant, with Earth under the constant oversight of the Overlords.[10] Stanisław Lem's 1961 novel Solaris depicts communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence as a futile endeavor,[11] a common theme in Lem's works.[12]

The original pilot episode for Star Trek, "The Cage", presented the issue of first contact.[13] As "The Cage" was never broadcast, "The Man Trap" was the first episode to portray first contact. The 21st episode, "The Return of the Archons", introduced the Prime Directive, created by producer and screenwriter Gene L. Coon.[14] Since its creation, the Prime Directive has become a stable of Star Trek,[15] and the concept of a non-interference directive has become common throughout science fiction.[16]

The 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind depicts first contact as a long and laborious process, with communication only being achieved at the end of the film.[17] In contrast, the characters in Rendezvous with Rama never manage to communicate with the titular spacecraft.

In 1985, Carl Sagan published the novel Contact. The book deals primarily with the challenges inherent to determining first contact, as well as the potential responses to the discovery of an extraterrestrial intelligence.[18] In 1997, the book was made into a movie.

The 1996 novel The Sparrow starts with the discovery of an artificial radio signal, though it deals mainly with the issues of faith and actions taken following the discovery of an extraterrestrial intelligence. The Arrival (1996), Independence Day, and Star Trek: First Contact were released in 1996. The Arrival portrays both an indirect first contact through the discovery of a radio signal, as well as an alien infiltration similar to that of Invasion of the Body Snatchers;[19] Independence Day portrays an alien invasion similar in theme and tone to The War of the Worlds;[20] and Star Trek: First Contact portrays first contact as a beneficial and peaceful event that ultimately led to the creation of the United Federation of Planets.[21]

The 1994 video game XCOM: UFO Defense is a strategy game that depicts an alien invasion, although first contact technically occurs prior to the game's start.[22] The Halo and Mass Effect franchises both have novels that detail first contact events. Mass Effect: Andromeda has multiple first contacts, as it takes place in the Andromeda Galaxy.[23]

The Chinese novel The Three-Body Problem, first published in 2006 and translated into English in 2014,[24] presents first contact as being achieved through the reception of a radio signal. The Dark Forest, published in 2008, introduced the dark forest hypothesis based on Thomas Hobbes' description of the "natural condition of mankind",[25] although the underlying concept dates back to "First Contact".[26]

The 2016 film Arrival, based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life", depicts a global first contact, with 12 "pods" establishing themselves at various locations on Earth. With regard to first contact, the film focuses primarily on the linguistic challenges inherent in first contact, and the film's plot is driven by the concept of linguistic relativity and the various responses of the governments.[27]

The 2021 novel Project Hail Mary depicts an unintended first contact scenario when the protagonist, Ryland Grace, encounters an alien starship while on a scientific mission to Tau Ceti.[28]

Types[edit]

Due to the broad definition of first contact, there are many variations of the methods that result in first contact and the nature of the subsequent interaction.[29]

Method of contact[edit]

Further information: Post-detection policy § issues, and Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact § Contact scenarios and considerations
See also: Rio scale

The idea of an alien invasion is one of the earliest and most common portrayals of a first contact scenario, being popular since The War of the Worlds.[30] During the Cold War, films depicting alien invasions common. The depiction of the aliens tended to reflect the American conception of the Soviet Union at the time, with infiltration stories being a variation of the theme.[31]

A Bracewell probe is any form of probe of extraterrestrial origin, and such technology appears in first contact fiction. Initially hypothesized in 1960 by Ronald N. Bracewell, a Bracewell probe is a form of alien artifact that would permit real–time communication.[32] A Big Dumb Object is a common variation of the Bracewell probe, primarily referring to megastructures such as ringworlds,[33] but also relatively smaller objects that are either located on the surface of planets or natural satellites (such as the Monoliths in the Space Odyssey series), or transiting through the solar system (such as Rama in Rendezvous with Rama).[34][35]

A technosignature is any of a variety of detectable spectral signatures that indicate the presence or effects of technology.[36] An extraterrestrial radio signal is a specific form of technosignature. The most commonly looked for technosignature, the first search for them began in 1960 with Project Ozma.[37] The Wow! signal has been considered to be the most likely candidate for an extraterrestrial radio signal, although its cause remains undetermined.[38][39]

Notable examples[edit]

The Day the Earth Stood Still[edit]

Main article: The Day the Earth Stood Still

Based on the 1940 short story "Farewell to the Master",[40] The Day the Earth Stood Still depicts the arrival of a single alien, Klaatu, and a robot, Gort, in a flying saucer, which lands in Washington, D.C. Upon emerging from the flying saucer, Klaatu is shot by a soldier, after which he is taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. When he is told that he will be unable to address the leaders of the world simultaneously, he escapes the medical center and spends time among humans in order to understand their attitudes. After meeting with Professor Barnhardt, Klaatu informs him that the people of other planets are concerned that the violence of humans could spread, and are prepared to eliminate Earth if necessary. Klaatu then causes all non–essential electrical devices to cease operating. After being killed and revived, Klaatu warns humanity of the danger of continued hostilities.[41]

In the film, humanity's response to first contact is hostility, demonstrated both at the beginning when Klaatu is wounded, and when he is killed near the end. First contact is used as an example of a global issue that is ignored in favor of continuing international competition, with the decision by the United States government to treat Klaatu as a security threat and eventually enact martial law in Washington, D.C. being allegorical for the Second Red Scare.[42] The film is widely considered to be one of the best science fiction films.[43][44]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.[edit]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut. It is the story of Roy Neary, an everyday blue-collar worker in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with a UFO.

In December 2007, it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[45][46] A Special Edition was released theatrically in 1980. Spielberg agreed to create this edition to add more scenes that they had been unable to include in the original release, with the studio demanding a controversial scene depicting the interior of the extraterrestrial mothership.[47] Spielberg's dissatisfaction with the altered ending scene led to a third version, the Director's Cut on VHS and LaserDisc in 1998 (and later DVD and Blu-ray). It is the longest version, combining Spielberg's favorite elements from both previous editions but removing the scenes inside the mothership.[48] The film was later remastered in 4K and was then re-released in theaters in 2017 for its 40th anniversary.[49]

Star Trek[edit]

See also: Prime Directive

Within the Star Trek universe, first contact is a central part of the operations of Starfleet.[50] While primarily depicted in the television shows, it has also been in a majority of the movies.[51] The Prime Directive is one of the foundational regulations regarding first contact in Star Trek, and has been portrayed in every television series.[50] Despite its importance, it is frequently violated.[52]

Star Trek: The Original Series[edit]

In the original pilot episode for Star Trek, the crew of the Starship USS Enterprise encounter the Talosians, subterranean humanoids with telepathic abilities, when attempting to rescue the survivors of a crash. While the episode wasn't broadcast until 1988, it was incorporated into the second season of Star Trek in the episode "The Menagerie".[13]

The Prime Directive, also known as Starfleet General Order 1, was introduced in the 21st episode "The Return of the Archons".[50] In–universe, it is intended to prevent unintended negative consequences from first contact with technologically inferior societies, particularly those that lack faster-than-light travel.[53]

Star Trek: The Next Generation[edit]

"Encounter at Farpoint", the pilot episode for Star Trek: The Next Generation, depicts Federation first contact with the Q Continuum,[54] although this encounter was only included later in production.[55]

The Prime Directive is the center of multiple episodes in the series, including "Who Watches the Watchers" and "First Contact". In both episodes, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is forced to break the Prime Directive.[50]

An early example of the theme, H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds[edit]

This section is an excerpt from The War of the Worlds.[edit]

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It was written between 1895 and 1897,[56] and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann. The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race.[57] The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. It is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.[58]

The War of the Worlds has been both popular (having never been out of print) and influential, spawning numerous feature films, radio dramas, a record album, comic book adaptations, television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors. It was memorably dramatised in a 1938 radio programme, directed by and starring Orson Welles, that reportedly caused panic among listeners who did not know that the events were fictional.[59] The novel even influenced the work of scientists. Robert H. Goddard was inspired by the book, and helped develop both the liquid-fuelled rocket and multistage rocket, which resulted in the Apollo 11 Moon landing 71 years later.[60][61]

Chronological list[edit]

1890s[edit]

1900s[edit]

1940s[edit]

1950s[edit]

1960s[edit]

  • 1960s: A for Andromeda
  • 1960s: The god-like Firstborn from Arthur C. Clarke's Time Odyssey series.
  • 1960s: The Star Trek television franchise explored the theme in depth and introduced the concept of the Federation's Prime Directive— a law forbidding first contact (or covert interference) with any races not sufficiently advanced for such an encounter, using capability for faster-than-light travel as the basic benchmark for first contact. The movie Star Trek: First Contact depicts humanity's first contact with an alien culture, the Vulcan race, in Bozeman, Montana on 5 April 2063, after the passing Vulcans' attention is attracted by the detection of the energy signature from scientist Zefram Cochrane launching humanity's first warp flight. In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode Carbon Creek, it is revealed that Vulcans first made contact with humans in Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania in 1957, without revealing themselves as aliens. A Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "First Contact" explored the scenario from the opposite viewpoint when a Human, William Riker, is injured on an alien world while disguised as an inhabitant of the planet's civilization (which had no previous knowledge of extraterrestrials). Another notable depiction of first contact in Star Trek: The Next Generation is the episode "Darmok" where humanity (in this case the United Federation of Planets) makes first contact with a race called the Tamarians, a species that exclusively communicates with metaphors.
  • 1961: Solaris (novel)[62]
    • A major theme of a number of works of Stanisław Lem, the most well known being Solaris (while his most thorough examination can be found in His Master's Voice), is the inherent impossibility of meaningful communication with alien races.[63]
  • 1968: His Master's Voice (novel)
  • 1969: All Judgment Fled by James White features the political and psychological stresses imposed by first contact when a six-man team of astronauts is sent to investigate an alien ship that has taken up an orbit near Mars. It has been cited by the science fiction author and editor Mike Resnick as a particularly notable contribution to the type.[64]

1970s[edit]

  • 1972: The novel The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov explores simultaneously the potential unity of all races, and the possibility of conflict inherent in all first contacts: even as members of different races understand each other, their disparate ways may endanger both their worlds, even the fabric of their respective universes. This gap between individuals and their respective societies is characteristic of the First Contact plot of E.T. Other explorations of the theme in popular culture include encounters with predatory or semi-sentient races as in Alien and Independence Day.
  • 1974: Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye was written to be, in Niven's words, "the epitome of first contact novels". Here it is humanity that plays the role of visiting aliens, as the religious, technological, political, psychological, military, cultural, and biological implications of first contact are explored.
  • 1978: Life on Another Planet
  • 1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    • The theme of first contact, ranging from friendly collaboration to menace or conflict, has been visualized a number of films and television series. Among the more famous are Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the television series V.
  • 1979: Alien

1980s[edit]

1990s[edit]

2000s[edit]

  • 2006: Blindsight by Peter Watts
  • 2007: Halo: Contact Harvest
    • In the novel Halo: Contact Harvest, humanity's first contact with aliens is on a human agricultural colony, where an initially peaceful meeting (although preceded by aliens walking into an anti-insurgent trap set up human military) with an alien alliance known as the Covenant turns violent, eventually resulting in a 27-year war.
  • 2007: Mass Effect
    • The backstory of Mass Effect features the First Contact War, caused by an alien military patrol observing a human ship, which was unknowingly breaching galaxy-wide conventions, attacking it and occupying a seemingly poorly defended colony, only to learn of humanity's military prowess in a swift counterattack. The conflict was quickly smothered by the galactic community, but the reputation and bitterness persist until the events of the games.
  • 2008: The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, a Chinese science fiction novel (first serialised 2006)

2010s[edit]

2020s[edit]

See also[edit]

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