Close Encounters of the QE III Kind

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In 1977, Steven Spielberg directed Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The movie offered a sympathetic portrayal of a rendezvous with aliens and a subtext that swiped at government intervention.

It was shot in several locations including Alabama, California, and Wyoming. Fast-forward 34 years, and we recently found ourselves in Wyoming again, this time in Jackson Hole, for a less than beguiling production – Close Encounters of the (QE) III Kind, with its high levels of anticipation and, arguably, even more quizzical goings-on. Back to the plot (literally), and Spielberg’s film distinguished the types of encounters with aliens: Close Encounters of the First Kind (a UFO sighting); Close Encounters of the Second Kind (physical evidence of aliens), and finally the Third Kind – ac...