Filming locations for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) More at IMDbPro »

Alabama, USA

(Gillian Guiler's house)

Bay Minette, Alabama, USA

(Evacuation)

Bernal, Querétaro, Mexico

(desert)

Black Hills National Forest, Wyoming, USA

(Devil's Tower)

Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA

(indoor sets: Landing Site - cars follow spacecraft at road bend - Roy Neary's home interiors)

Building 17, Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA

(indoor sets)

Burbank, California, USA

(police cars chasing UFO lights)

Devil's Tower National Monument, Devil's Tower, Wyoming, USA

(Devil's Rock)

Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA

Hangar 5, Building 17, Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA

(indoor set)

Hangar 6, Building 17, Brookley Field Industrial Complex, Mobile, Alabama, USA

(indoor set)

Los Angeles International Airport - 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California, USA

Los Angeles, California, USA

Mobile, Alabama, USA

(Roy Neary's home exteriors/Bankhead Tunnel)

Mojave Desert, California, USA

(desert) (opening sequence - sandstorm) (Sahara desert ship stranding)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

(Claude Lacombe makes recordings in India)

Palmdale, California, USA

(air traffic control center)

Querétaro, Mexico

(desert)

Rockwell International Assembly Facility, Palmdale, California, USA

(Air Traffic Control Center)

San Bernardino County, California, USA

(El Mirage Dry Lake)

Tequisquiapán, Querétaro, Mexico

(desert)

Tequisquipán, Querétaro, Mexico

(desert)

Vincent Thomas Bridge, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA

(Toll Booth)

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

(Howard K. Smith TV News Anchorman scenes)

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