“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is considered a landmark science-fiction film that fueled greater curiosities about the wonders and mysteries of extraterrestrial life.

Now more than 48 years since its release, the movie is sparking a question that doesn’t have an answer. The latest mystery doesn’t involve aliens, flashing lights or UFOs, but the fate of an old farmhouse where the movie’s alien abduction scene of a 3-year-old boy took place.

“I think people are interested to know what is going on,” said Fairhope City Council President Jack Burrell, unaware of the reasons for the issue.

The developer has until November 21 to provide some information. The house, located in the middle of an evolving new 13-lot subdivision, was authorized to be moved by the council nearly a year ago

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