CNN(@CNN):Fifty years ago, Devils Tower National Monument became a beacon for humans entranced by brushes with aliens in director Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." In turn, the 867-foot monolith protruding from the surrounding Wyoming prairie like the stump of the world's largest tree became a big draw for tourists.

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Fifty years ago, Devils Tower National Monument became a beacon for humans entranced by brushes with aliens in director Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." In turn, the 867-foot monolith protruding from the surrounding Wyoming prairie like the stump of the world's largest tree became a big draw for tourists.