Denver International Airport and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

March 22nd, 2011

Via: Denver Westword:

Conspiracy forum boards are buzzing over a “mind bending” connection between Denver International Airport and geographical coordinates described in a key scene of the the alien-loving, sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In all my years of following the ever-evolving conspiracy theories that swirl around DIA, this just may be the most awesome.

I’m guessing this all started with some bored geek re-re-watching the 1977 Steven Spielberg film, where UFOs send signals to the U.S. government and Richard Dreyfuss to meet up with them at Devil’s Tower in Wyoming. On a lark, said geek probably decided to plug the coordinate numbers sent by the aliens in the movie (104,44,30,40,36,10) into Google Earth (W104′ 44′ 30′ N40′ 36′ 10′), which then immediately zoomed in on… Denver International Fucking Airport!

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