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===Close encounters of the fifth kind (CE5)===
As stated in Vallee's ''Confrontations'' (1990), a close encounter of the fifth kind is where an alien abductee receives some manner of physical effect from their close encounter, typically either injury or healing.<ref name=":0" />

Several years after Vallee's classification updates, some preferred that a close encounter of the fifth kind instead refer to human-initiated contact with extraterrestrial life forms or advanced interstellar civilizations, claiming direct communication between aliens and humans.<ref name="TimesOfIndia" /> This alternate interpretation of what a close encounter of the fifth kind (ce5) should represent has been attributed to [[Steven M. Greer]].<ref name="CE5">{{cite book |author=Greer, Steven M. |author-link=Steven M. Greer |year=1999 |title=Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence and Implications |publisher=Crossing Point Inc |isbn=0-967-32380-0}}</ref> While technically not an extension of the Vallee scale that measures result-oriented data, this replacement of the originally coined CE5 classification has become popular in marketing human-initiated contact events.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In a CE5 event, individuals or groups use specific protocols to establish communication or interaction with extraterrestrial beings. These protocols primarily involve the use of contact meditation and use of sounds or signals. Close encounters of the fifth kind is also referred to as human initiated close encounter.<ref name="Beyond UFOs">{{cite book |author=Hernandez J.D. |first=Reinerio |title=Beyond UFOs: The Science of Consciousness & Contact with Non Human Intelligence (Volume One) |last2=Schild |first2=Rudy |last3=Klimo |first3=Jon |publisher=The Dr. Edgar Mitchell FREE Foundation |year=2018 |isbn=1-548-72116-6}}</ref>