Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie poster.

Movie (1977)

Starring:
Richard Dreyfus (Roy Neary)
François Truffaut (Claude Lacombe)
Teri Garr (Ronnie Neary)
Melinda Dillon (Jillian Guiler)
Bob Balaban (David Laughlin)
J. Patrick McNamara (Project Leader)

Unidentified Aircraft

Lacombe's team find these World War II era fighter planes in the Mexican desert. Supposedly the infamous Flight 19, reported missing in 1945.

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Bell 206 JetRanger

Seen several times in the film in use by the US Army, notably in a sequence set in Mongolia which was only included in the director's cut. Army JetRangers are seen at Devil's Tower in Wyoming in all versions of the film, however.

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