Where was Close Encounters of the Third Kind filmed?
1977 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) was filmed at 2 places in the United States: Mobile and Brookley Air Force Base. Every place comes from Wikidata.
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
Mobile
United States
County seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States
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Landmarks & buildings
Brookley Air Force Base
United States
US Air Force base in Alabama
“In the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the entire landing strip complex behind Devils Tower was actually constructed and filmed in an abandoned aircraft hangar at the former Brookley AFB.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's article
The Wikipedia article names 10 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Towns & cities
Burbank
United States
City in Los Angeles County, State of California, United States
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Towns & cities
San Pedro
United States
Neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States
“The UFOs fly through the former toll booth at the Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro, California.” Wikipedia
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Landscapes & nature
Mojave Desert
United States
Desert in southwestern United States
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Landscapes & nature
Dumont Dunes
United States
Area of sand dunes in the Mojave Desert
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Towns & cities
Fairhope
United States
City in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States
“The home where Barry is abducted is located outside the town of Fairhope, Alabama.” Wikipedia
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Studios & sets
The Burbank Studios
United States
Television production facility in Burbank, California
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Streets & squares
Vincent Thomas Bridge
United States
Bridge in Southern California
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Landscapes & nature
Devils Tower
United States
Mountain near Moorcroft, Wyoming, United States
“The 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind used the formation as a plot element and as the location of its climactic scenes.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Bay Minette
United States
County seat of Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
“Portions of the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind were filmed near the town's Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot, and Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood was filmed in rural portions of Baldwin County near Bay Minette.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Khalapur
India
Human settlement in India
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Recorded only at country level
Also filmed in Alabama, California, but the exact places are not known, so they are not on the map.
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