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

1613 Carlisle Drive East, Mobile, Alabama, USA

(exteriors: Roy Neary's home)

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)

California, USA

(El Mirage Dry Lake)

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

(Devil's Rock)

Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India

El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA

Fairhope, Alabama, 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

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)

Tequisquiapan, 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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