Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope, National Astronomy And Ionosphere Center, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

• The film Contact features Arecibo, where the main character uses the facility as part of a SETI project.
• Fox Mulder was sent to the Arecibo Observatory in The X-Files episode "Little Green Men".
• Songwriter and author Jimmy Buffett mentions the "giant telescope" in his book Where Is Joe Merchant? and in the lyrics to the song "Desdemona's Building A Rocket Ship".
• The musicians Boxcutter, Lustmord, and Little Boots have all released albums named Arecibo.