2001 A Space Oddity type monolith found in Utah

[Blutarsky]

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/11/25/21719419/utah-monolith-explained-explainer-details-viewo-coordinates

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/mysterious-utah-monolith-location-found-23068693

If you decide to visit the monolith, be prepared to battle rabid chimps

[roamer_1]

WTF BUMP

@Quix

[Blutarsky]

WTF BUMP

@Quix

WTF pretty much sums it up.

https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/11/25/21719419/utah-monolith-explained-explainer-details-viewo-coordinates

So what is the monolith?
The term monolith refers to “a large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.”

The Utah monolith was discovered in a remote area of Utah.
The metal object is believed to be between 10 and 12 feet high.
Reports suggest the object was planted and not randomly dropped there.
It’s been linked to something out of “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
How did officials find it?
A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter was helping Utah Division of Wildlife Resource count bighorn sheep in the remote Utah wilderness. They noticed the object planted in the middle of a red rock cove, as I wrote about for the Deseret News.

“One of the biologists is the one who spotted it and we just happened to fly directly over the top of it,” said pilot Bret Hutchings, according KSL-TV. “He was like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, turn around, turn around!’ And I was like, ‘what.’ And he’s like, ‘There’s this thing back there — we’ve got to go look at it!’”
“I’d say it’s probably between 10 and 12 feet-high,” Hutchings said. “We were kind of joking around that if one of us suddenly disappears, then the rest of us make a run for it.”
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Mysterious monolith discovered in remote Utah wilderness
It’s actually illegal
Utah DPS in a statement released Monday that the device is actually illegal.

“Although we can’t comment on active investigations, the Bureau of Land Management would like to remind public land visitors that using, occupying, or developing the public lands or their resources without a required authorization is illegal, no matter what planet you are from.”
What’s been the reaction?
Numerous media outlets have reported on the monolith. The New York Times, CNN, AV Club, HuffPost, ScreenCrush, The Guardian and the Daily Mail are among the national and international news organizations that reported on the strange pillar sitting in the middle of the desert.

Social media has run rampant with theories about the pillar as well, positing that it’s sent from aliens or is someone’s trolling art project.

[roamer_1]

WTF pretty much sums it up.

Diesel Brothers found it... With a passel of other folks, which means it is not beyond the reach of 4WD enthusiasts... Is constructed of 1/8th inch sheet stainless riveted into a prism shape... And cut into the rock with a saw...

https://kutv.com/news/local/diesel-brothers-star-finds-mysterious-monolith-at-undisclosed-location-in-utah-desert

Props to the artist, but meh.

[Blutarsky]

Diesel Brothers found it... With a passel of other folks, which means it is not beyond the reach of 4WD enthusiasts... Is constructed of 1/8th inch sheet stainless riveted into a prism shape... And cut into the rock with a saw...

https://kutv.com/news/local/diesel-brothers-star-finds-mysterious-monolith-at-undisclosed-location-in-utah-desert

Props to the artist, but meh.

They found it after the park service announced that they discovered it.

Now if we can find the other markers we can unearth the alien base or ships

[Wingnut]

They found it after the park service announced that they discovered it.

Now if we can find the other markers we can unearth the alien base or ships

@Blutarsky you are a special kind of stupid.   Welcome.  You may or maynot fit right in.

[Blutarsky]

@Blutarsky you are a special kind of stupid.   Welcome.  You may or maynot fit right in.

Actually my goal is to stimulate simpletons.

I succeeded as always

[Wingnut]

Actually my goal is to stimulate simpletons.

I succeeded as always

We all have read your reply's.  It is apparent you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat.  But what the hell, keep treading water.

[Blutarsky]

We all have read your reply's.  It is apparent you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat.  But what the hell, keep treading water.

You remind me of one of the clown FBI turds that I educated years ago?

Tell me more about what you read?

[Cyber Liberty]

@Wingnut, you started this. 

[jmyrlefuller]

Stanley Kubrick and David Bowie are both rolling in their graves after that headline.

[Blutarsky]

Stanley Kubrick and David Bowie are both rolling in their graves after that headline.

Have you ever seen Kubrick's Apollo moon movies?

[Cyber Liberty]

Have you ever seen Kubrick's Apollo moon movies?

I haven't.  Were they good?

[Blutarsky]

I haven't.  Were they good?

Yea they were great, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin starred.

[Cyber Liberty]

Yea they were great, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin starred.

Coolio!  Titles?

[DB]

There are Google Earth pictures from before it was placed there...

Somebody did a good gag.

[FeelNoPain]

@Wingnut, you started this. 

I've seen "clown" and I've seen "turd," but the juxtaposition of "clown turd" is hilarious.

As is the superfluous use of the questions marks.

[Blutarsky]

I've seen "clown" and I've seen "turd," but the juxtaposition of "clown turd" is hilarious.

As is the superfluous use of the questions marks.

Hey clowns need bathroom breaks too you know?

Unless the clown is named Biden and wears diapers

[Cyber Liberty]

I've seen "clown" and I've seen "turd," but the juxtaposition of "clown turd" is hilarious.

As is the superfluous use of the questions marks.

Let's just say today was....different.   

[Quix]

WTF BUMP

@Quix

I don't know either, Roamer.

My only hypothesis is that some Univ engineering club hatched the idea as a stunt to mystify the public and officials with.

Interesting how they inserted the thing without any evident disturbance of the ground or rock immediately around it. No sign of concrete. Yet it seems to be very firmly there without a wobble.

If it is a stunt, sooner or later they will likely take credit for another 15 min of fame.

[bigheadfred]

“Although we can’t comment on active investigations, the Bureau of Land Management would like to remind public land visitors that using, occupying, or developing the public lands or their resources without a required authorization is illegal, no matter what planet you are from.”

Hilarious. 

[roamer_1]

“Although we can’t comment on active investigations, the Bureau of Land Management would like to remind public land visitors that using, occupying, or developing the public lands or their resources without a required authorization is illegal, no matter what planet you are from.”

Hilarious. 

If they only knew...

[Cyber Liberty]

I don't know either, Roamer.

My only hypothesis is that some Univ engineering club hatched the idea as a stunt to mystify the public and officials with.

Interesting how they inserted the thing without any evident disturbance of the ground or rock immediately around it. No sign of concrete. Yet it seems to be very firmly there without a wobble.

If it is a stunt, sooner or later they will likely take credit for another 15 min of fame.

I see a Thesis for an undergrad in Civil Engineering.

[roamer_1]

I see a Thesis for an undergrad in Civil Engineering.

I see a group of redneck sheet metal workers and a keg or two of beer... Look around and you are guaranteed to find bonfire remains.

[Gefn]

Nah. I see the ghost of Dave Bowman.