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Arecibo Observatory

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Contact filmed at Arecibo Observatory. The huge single-dish radio telescope here picks up the alien messages in the story.

Where to go

18.346667, -66.753333

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Contact (1997)
On screen
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In real life
Arecibo Observatory
Can you visit?
Access not confirmed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Contact film at Arecibo Observatory?
At 18.346667, -66.753333. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Arecibo Observatory?
Access not confirmed.
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