Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

In Steven Spielberg's memorable sci-fi film:

• the discovery in a northern Mexico desert during a sandstorm of a collection of vintage fighter aircraft from World War II
• the scene of the lights/power going out section by section in Indiana
• the moment at a railroad crossing when electrician Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) signaled a second vehicle to pass his truck - and the UFO unexpectedly rose and bathed him in brilliant light
• young Barry's (Cary Guffey) view of the swirling clouds, his exclamation "toys" when his playthings were brought to life, and the opening of his door to an orangish light-show - a house surrounded by aliens
• the encounter of "the third kind" when everything went haywire in the house and a mesmerized Barry was abducted by aliens
• the recurring mental images of a huge mountain
• the pattern of musical sound waves in five tones or notes that signaled communication
• the scene of the dazzling hovering and the first sight of the arrival and landing at Devils Tower (Wyoming) of an immense, circular, revolving alien 'mother-ship' in the presence of newsmen and scientists

Alien Arrival

• the finale in which the doors opened, humans who had been missing emerged, and Roy was chosen or 'adopted' and taken into the 'mother-ship' craft
• one of the aliens saying farewell with hand signals to UN scientist Claude Lacombe (Francois Truffaut) before the Mother Ship ascended and departed, as John Williams' score soared in triumph - incorporating "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio (1940)