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Denver Airport Close Encounters Prediction

RecordOBS-0190
CategoryMedia/Disinformation
StatusDEBUNKED
SummaryA claim holds that the 1977 film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' predicted the location of Denver International Airport through coordinates shown in the movie. The coordinates actually point to Ault, Colorado, over 65 miles away, and the film predates the airport's construction by over a decade.
OriginThe theory surfaced on the internet in the 2000s, after viewers noticed the coordinates in the film did not match Devil's Tower.
Claimed
  • The film's coordinates secretly point to the future site of Denver International Airport.
  • This proves a government or alien conspiracy.
Evidence / consensusThe coordinates in the film point to Ault, Colorado, not the airport site; the resemblance is coincidental.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
A movie prop with wrong coordinates is not a prophecy. The airport wasn't even planned then.

Sources

  1. A Local's Guide to DIA Conspiracy Theories | Denver Public Library Special Collections and Archives

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