First contact

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First contact may refer to:

In anthropology,

• First contact (anthropology), a first meeting of two previously unknown cultures
• First Contact (documentary), a documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson

In science fiction,

• First contact (science fiction), a common science-fictional theme about the first meeting between humans and aliens
• "First Contact", a science fiction story by Murray Leinster.
• "First Contact" (TNG episode), a fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: First Contact, the eighth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series

In other fields,

• "Episode 0: First Contact", a 2002 television special based on the Lupin III animated series
• First contact (astronomy), the moment in astronomy during a transit or eclipse when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch