2001 or 2020?

[DanInDenver]

Utah helicopter crew discovers mysterious metal monolith deep in the desert

What started as routine wildlife assistance took an unusual turn after a helicopter crew stumbled upon a mysterious monolith in the middle of rural Utah.

www.cnn.com

 

[FZJ Dave]

Hmmm, maybe part of CM 2021... It isn't far from a trail we ran in 2019.

 

[On the RX]

Hmmm, maybe part of CM 2021... It isn't far from a trail we ran in 2019.

Have you seen this up close?

 

[FZJ Dave]

Have you seen this up close?

No. Just following internet sleuths that have likely found it not far from the Lockhart Basin trail.

 

[Hulk]

Super cool. I hope they don't remove it.

 

[jps8460]

Gone! Yay

 

[Shuksan]

Gone! Yay

Yeah, I wanted to go see it, but I get the impression that it would have ruined a nice Moab trail.

 

[Hulk]

Such an odd tale. I hope it gets reinstalled somewhere really, really remote.

 

[DanInDenver]

I think it may have been anticlimactic for some. Heard it was aluminum sheets riveted together with some rivets missing.
Not throwing shade but some of us may have questioned our alien overlords abilities.
The alien build quality may also explain all of 2020.

 

[Corbet]

I hope it stays away. The close up I saw it looked like the installer used a saw of some sort to cut into the rock to stand it up. I don’t see how this thing is any different than vandalism and litter. Cool looking or not it does not belong randomly placed on public lands. Not to mention some random super remote location does not need a constant parade or selfie takers. Imagine this thing placed somewhere like at the bottom of Rincon

 

[Hulk]

 

[3rdGen4R]

It would appear it's 2020 and maybe we are being invaded by aliens.

Mysterious Monolith Update: New Mysterious Monolith Appears in Romania

A new monolith has appeared in Romania, a few feet away from the site of an ancient fortress.

www.vice.com

 

[MountainGoat]

I watched a YouTube video by a guy who went and checked it out before it was removed. His video footage clearly showed pop rivets holding it together.

If we are being invaded by aliens whose technology level requires pop rivets for metal attachment we are in big trouble.

 

[DouglasVB]

Maybe pop rivets are the pinnacle of alien technology. Or maybe it was built by some alien teenagers who borrowed their parents flying saucer and went joyriding to Earth. They just happened to have an old pop rivet gun and some stainless steel, and decided to prank the humans. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[gungriffin]

I watched a YouTube video by a guy who went and checked it out before it was removed. His video footage clearly showed pop rivets holding it together.

If we are being invaded by aliens whose technology level requires pop rivets for metal attachment we are in big trouble.

If you look closely at the photos of Stonehenge, you can see the pop rivets there too...

 

[DanInDenver]

Photographer confirms humans removed mysterious Utah monolith — Guardian US

Four men destroyed metal pillar that had sparked intense interest and wild theories, saying: ‘Leave no trace’

apple.news

 

[Mendocino]

Photographer confirms humans removed mysterious Utah monolith — Guardian US

Four men destroyed metal pillar that had sparked intense interest and wild theories, saying: ‘Leave no trace’

apple.news

Interesting. I was at the site Sunday at 0900 and was told by another person that they were told by the BLM that the BLM removed it Friday night.

 

[AlpineAccess]

Photographer confirms humans removed mysterious Utah monolith — Guardian US

Four men destroyed metal pillar that had sparked intense interest and wild theories, saying: ‘Leave no trace’

apple.news

Good to see.

 

[3rdGen4R]

Good to see.

Maybe... sometimes I enjoy the fun things humans do. I always wonder why we find it nostalgic when we see some cultures that engraved into rocks 100 of years ago, and all of a sudden it's disgraceful to come across a tree with a heart with a S+T. I'm not making a argument here, what I'm saying is that sometimes things like this can be fun, or become something completely differently than what was attended. Did this hurt anything, did it cause damage to something, yada yada yada. I enjoy fun things like this because, well, it shakes things up. This was a fun thread. I wonder now how often these things will keep popping up.

 

[Hulk]

Maybe... sometimes I enjoy the fun things humans do. I always wonder why we find it nostalgic when we see some cultures that engraved into rocks 100 of years ago, and all of a sudden it's disgraceful to come across a tree with a heart with a S+T. I'm not making a argument here, what I'm saying is that sometimes things like this can be fun, or become something completely differently than what was attended. Did this hurt anything, did it cause damage to something, yada yada yada. I enjoy fun things like this because, well, it shakes things up. This was a fun thread. I wonder now how often these things will keep popping up.

You've captured my feelings on this too. It's too bad they just didn't move it somewhere accessible by pavement so people could enjoy it without wrecking the desert.