Ethan appears o be acting outside the law and may be a fugitive from the law:Ethan: Are you askin"" me as a Captain or a preacher, Sam?Clayton: I""m askin"" you as a Ranger of the sovereign state of Texas.Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald in her exceptional American film debut), the heroine""s best friend and confidential secretary, intercepts the call and scolds him for disturbing them at "this unholy hour of the morning.Distraught, she calls out: "Barry! Barry!"Fourth Close Encounter:Muncie, IndianaA Close Encounter of the First KindIn a Muncie, Indiana suburban home in Middle America, family-man and blue-collar power company lineman Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) is playing with a toy train set in the center of his family""s cluttered living room, while instructing his 8 year-old son Brad (Shawn Bishop) about fractions.In the spoof, she invents a fictitious reader as he author of a letter - a suicide-martyr who protests against an injust political and social system.