>Is the conversation with The Stig a reference to Close Encounters
>of the Third Kind?

That is correct. It's essentially the track entitled "Wild Signals" on the special edition of the Close Encounters soundtrack, except without the bit at the beginning where the mothership makes random noises and doesn't quite get it. :)

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