First contact

First contact may refer to:

In anthropology

• First contact (anthropology), a first meeting of two previously unknown cultures
• First Contact (1983 film), a documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson
• First Contact (book), a 2004 book by Mark Anstice

In music

• First Contact (Roger Sanchez album), a 2001 album by DJ Roger Sanchez
• First Contact (Stone Mecca album), a 2008 album by Stone Mecca

In science fiction

• First contact (science fiction), a common theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial aliens
• First Contact (novelette), a 1945 short story by Murray Leinster
• "First Contact" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a 1991 fourth season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: First Contact, the 1996, eighth feature, film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series

In other fields

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