The star of Steven Spielberg's iconic sci-fi thriller, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the imposing geological structure is a key vacation destination today - one that's known for rock climbing, hiking, night skies and cultural heritage. In celebration of the film's 40th anniversary, Devils Tower and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" will return to the big screen this weekend.
Specific details and additional information about the anniversary and special events are included below:. You see the tower; it represents Close Encounters. When we decided to use Devils Tower, it heightened the creative and spiritual sense of the film which led us to make it a much bigger film. The screening will feature the piece with Joe Alves, while the event will also include mashed potatoes for sculpting sessions and drones flying overhead like alien spacecraft.
Additional information about the rendezvous can be found here. The Wyoming Office of Tourism is the only state agency charged with promoting and marketing Wyoming as a vacation destination to domestic and international travelers.
The ninth largest state in terms of area, Wyoming is also the least populated state in the country with an estimated , residents. Wyoming is also home to many firsts, including the country's first national park Yellowstone , first national monument Devils Tower and first national forest Shoshone. In addition, Wyoming was the first government in the world to grant women the right to vote and will celebrate the th anniversary of this important milestone in These special places, along with other natural wonders like Grand Teton National Park and the Bighorn Mountains as well as Wyoming's heartfelt cowboy hospitality, welcome millions of visitors annually.
To learn more about Wyoming, visit TravelWyoming. Skip to content. Steven Spielberg resurrected the Cinema of Awe not seen since the days of the great religious epics just count the references to The Ten Commandments as earth is visited by friendly aliens.
Also in the California desert is the air traffic control center, which is in Palmdale. Most of the filming, however, was in Alabama , where dirigible hangars, larger than any Hollywood soundstage, were found to house the enormous sets.
Consequently, the whole production moved to the South. The landing site was the biggest indoor set ever built, constructed at the former air force base, now an industrial complex in Mobile. Especially for the French.
If it isn't too late - my congratulations. They are summoned by one of the Americans, shouting and pointing: "They're all there, all of them! Lacombe orders the serial numbers of the planes transcribed off their engine blocks. Laughlin is confused: "What the hell is happening here? Patrick McNamara explains:. Laughlin: Who flies crates like these anymore? Project Leader: No one. These planes were reported missing in Laughlin: But it looks brand new. Where's the pilot? I don't understand.
Where's the crew? How the hell did it get here? Laughlin poses unanswerable questions, as the leader finds personal effects in the cockpit of one of the planes - sepia photographs and a calendar from a bar in Pensacola, Florida.
The vintage torpedo bombers have charged batteries and full fuel tanks. One after another, the engines of the planes are throttled up and brought to life. Trying to figure out the enigma, Lacombe is brought to a cantina to speak to one of the local Mexicans who was an eyewitness to the inexplicable events that happened the previous night.
The old derelict's half-crazed face is brightly sunburned and he sheds tears of joy:. Old Man: El sol salio anoche y me canto! Translator: He says the sun came out last night. He says it sang to him. Laughlin gazes up to an unfocused point in space and time as the sand-swept scene shifts to the sweeping viewer of a radar screen at Air Traffic Control, Indianapolis Center. Air traffic controllers, almost three thousand miles away from the Mexican desert, keep watch over the skies above Indiana.
They monitor pilot's communications, airplane locations, and general aircraft activity to keep the skies safe:. AirEast Pilot Roy E. Richards : Indianapolis Center, do you have any traffic for AirEast 31? Air Traffic Controller: AirEast 31, negative. Range - fifteen miles.
There's an Allegheny DC-9 in your twelve o'clock position, fifty miles. Stand by one. I'll take a look at Broadband. AirEast Pilot: AirEast 31 has traffic two o'clock, slightly above and descending. I have a primary target about that position now. I have no known high-altitude traffic. I'll check Low [Altitude]. AirEast Pilot: AirEast The traffic's not lower than us. He's one o'clock now, still above me and descending. Air Traffic Controller: AirEast Can you say aircraft type?
AirEast Pilot: Negative, Center. No distinct outline. To tell you the truth, the target is rather brilliant. It has the brightest anti-collision lights I think I've ever seen - alternating white to red. The colors are a little striking. Traffic now looks like extra bright landing lights.
I thought AirEast had his landing lights on. As the not-so-routine communications continue, a few of the other Traffic Controllers crowd around the computerized radar screen as an UNK Unknown radar blip in the air-position display shows up next to the other two planes. The controllers can hardly comprehend what they are seeing - an imminent air collision.
The controller orders evasive action by the AirEast and Allegheny pilots to avoid a catastrophe:. AirEast The traffic has turned. He's heading right for my windshield.
We're turning right Break, Allegheny triple four. Turn right thirty degrees immediately The traffic is quite luminous and is exhibiting some non-ballistic motion.
Continue to send at your discretion, over. Center pilot's discretion is approved. The traffic is approaching head-on Went by us, right now. That was really close. One of the supervisors leans over the controller's shoulder to document the unidentified flying object, but the two pilots who witnessed the incident decline to report the unusual circumstances:. Supervisor: Ask them if they want to report officially.
TWA Pilot: Negative. We don't want to report. AirEast Pilot: Negative. We don't want to report one of those either. Air Traffic Controller: AirEast 31, do you wish to file a report of any kind to us? AirEast Pilot: I wouldn't know what kind of report to file, Center. Air Traffic Controller: AirEast 31, me neither. I'll try to track traffic and destination, over.
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