webfact 78,970 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Monolith mystery deepens as Utah desert object vanishes By Rich McKay A metal monolith is seen in Red Rock Desert, Utah, U.S., November 25, 2020, in this still image obtained from a social media video. @davidsurber_ via REUTERS (Reuters) - No word as to whether Star Trek's Scotty "beamed it up," but the mysterious, shiny monolith that was spotted in a remote southeastern Utah desert two weeks ago is gone. A state crew that buzzed through the wilderness, counting bighorn sheep from a helicopter, found the alien-looking object on Nov. 18 and touched off international sci-fi speculation, harkening to the classic Stanley Kubrick 1968 film, "2001: A Space Odyssey." In the Kubrick movie, an alien monolith is a recurring symbol that appears to play a role in the development of human evolution. The riddle in the desert, twice as tall as an average adult, drew scores of the curious to see it, even though its exact location was not made public, according to accounts on social media. A metal monolith is pictured in a remote area of Red Rock Country in Utah, U.S. November 18, 2020. Utah Department of Public Safety via REUTERS No one seems to know where it went. Neither the federal Bureau of Land Management nor the state's Department of Public Safety said they had any idea. "We have received reports that the illegally installed structure, referred to as the 'monolith' has been removed from Bureau of Land Management public lands by an unknown party," the state agency posted on Saturday on its website. It said the object was reportedly removed on Friday evening. A representative was not immediately available for comment on Sunday. Guesses as to what happened ran wild online, with one person postulating, "The space aliens returned to remove it." The art world has speculated that the object was the work of John McCracken, a sculptor fond who died in 2011. His son, Patrick McCracken, has told The New York Times his father told him in 2002 that "he would like to leave his artwork in remote places to be discovered later." (Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Daniel Wallis) -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-11-30 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to post Share on other sites
Dagfinnur Traustason 725 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) Yep, or somebody is really tweaking their skills in the noble art of Photoshop. Edited November 29, 2020 by Dagfinnur Traustason 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post herfiehandbag 3,876 Posted November 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2020 Perhaps it was a monument to democracy? They do seem to disappear mysteriously at times of "democratic stress"! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
thaibeachlovers 32,996 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Can anyone else see the two faces on the monolith? I'd say they were reflections except if the thing is twice the height of an adult. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jaiyen 2,529 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 No footprints or signs of digging a big hole 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Carlosm 205 Posted November 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted November 30, 2020 Donald Trump took it to finish his wall that aliens from mars are paying for ! 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites
pegman 7,663 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Soon for sale on E-Bay for $1m 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sujo 16,943 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Flat earthers will be all over this. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
retayl 81 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 A few years ago a British tabloid newspaper headlined with a picture of a London bus parked on the moon, how did it get there? A couple of weeks later the headline read “ mystery of London bus disappearing from the moon”. Nothing is ever new in this world but at least nobody got hurt. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
doacko 9 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 "still image obtained from a social media video." Kinda says it all 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Regyai 739 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Some crank probably declared that it glorified slavery Link to post Share on other sites
Tug 21,458 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Somebody trying to gin up some publicity imo but hey what’s the harm?kinda amusing imo carry on lol I love it! Link to post Share on other sites
Justgrazing 19,644 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) It's a leg off Channel 4's giant box section man .. Edited November 30, 2020 by Justgrazing Sp 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hotchilli 16,529 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 21 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: Can anyone else see the two faces on the monolith? I'd say they were reflections except if the thing is twice the height of an adult. If you can see two faces on that you need to lay-off the whacky backy 1 Link to post Share on other sites
bendejo 7,570 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Anyone ask Pete Townsend about it? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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