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Mysterious monolith appears in Utah desert

Started by Syt, November 25, 2020, 10:38:17 AM

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Syt

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monolith-found-utah-red-rock-country/

QuoteMysterious monolith discovered in Utah desert

A public safety crew flying over southeastern Utah found an "unusual" monolith in a remote area of the state. The sleek metal structure embedded in the ground is at least 10 feet tall, and no one seems to know how it got there.

The Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) said Monday that Aero Bureau and wildlife resource officers were conducting a count of bighorn sheep last week in Red Rock Country when they spotted the object and landed nearby to investigate further.

Videos and photos released by DPS show the crew exploring the metal monolith. At one point, one DPS officer climbed onto another's shoulders, slightly reaching over the top of the structure.

DPS said there was "no obvious indication" of who put it there, leaving its origins a mystery for now. 

Bret Hutchings, a DPS helicopter pilot, told KSLTV that the unexplained 10- to 12-foot-high structure is the "strangest thing that I've come across out there in all my years of flying." However, he had some theories of what it could be.

"I'm assuming it's some new wave artist or something. Or, you know, somebody that was a big '2001: A Space Odyssey' fan," Hutchings said.

The object bears resemblance to the black monument in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film that comes from an unseen alien civilization.

DPS said it is illegal to install structures of art without authorization on federally managed lands, "no matter what planet you're from." The Bureau of Land Management will investigate further.

"We were kind of joking around that if one of us suddenly disappears, then the rest of us make a run for it," Hutchings told the station.

The department said it would not reveal where the monolith is located because the structure is in a remote area and tourists may require rescue if they get stranded.






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Syt

Site on Google maps. Looks like it's been standing there for a bit.

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Atleast 4 years according to the twitterverse.
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The department said it would not reveal where the monolith is located because the structure is in a remote area and tourists may require rescue if they get stranded.

Yet the exact coordinates are already available, as seen in Syt's post  :lol:

The Larch

How long until a marauding band of apes approaches it?

Barrister

Is anyone else irritated at how they call this thing a "metal monolith"? <_<
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Razgovory

Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 25, 2020, 03:17:58 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 25, 2020, 11:06:35 AM
Is anyone else irritated at how they call this thing a "metal monolith"? <_<

Not me. :unsure:


mono           one
lith               stone
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Barrister

Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 25, 2020, 03:17:58 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 25, 2020, 11:06:35 AM
Is anyone else irritated at how they call this thing a "metal monolith"? <_<

Not me. :unsure:

A monolith is made from a single piece of stone.  It's the very definition of the word.
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Tonitrus

So ya'll are saying it should be a monoferr?  Doesn't sound as snappy.  :P

viper37

Quote from: Barrister on November 25, 2020, 03:24:20 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 25, 2020, 03:17:58 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 25, 2020, 11:06:35 AM
Is anyone else irritated at how they call this thing a "metal monolith"? <_<

Not me. :unsure:

A monolith is made from a single piece of stone.  It's the very definition of the word.
Monolithic architecture would refer to any object (building, generally) that is carved/made from a single material, not exclusively rock.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monolith
efinition of monolith

1 : a single great stone often in the form of an obelisk or column
2 : a massive structure
3 : an organized whole that acts as a single unified powerful or influential force
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viper37

Quote from: Tonitrus on November 25, 2020, 03:42:12 PM
So ya'll are saying it should be a monoferr?  Doesn't sound as snappy.  :P
Nah, BB is talking in terms of geography/geology.  Others are using a less narrow definition.
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Quote from: viper37 on November 25, 2020, 03:48:37 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 25, 2020, 03:24:20 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 25, 2020, 03:17:58 PM
Quote from: Barrister on November 25, 2020, 11:06:35 AM
Is anyone else irritated at how they call this thing a "metal monolith"? <_<

Not me. :unsure:

A monolith is made from a single piece of stone.  It's the very definition of the word.
Monolithic architecture would refer to any object (building, generally) that is carved/made from a single material, not exclusively rock.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monolith
efinition of monolith

1 : a single great stone often in the form of an obelisk or column
2 : a massive structure
3 : an organized whole that acts as a single unified powerful or influential force

It's hardly a massive structure.
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