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A mysterious monolith has been discovered in a remote part of the United States.
The object, estimated to be about 10-12 feet (3-3.6 meters) tall and made of some kind of metal, was found planted in the ground, hidden in a red rock cove.
It was discovered in Utah by state wildlife officials who were helping to count the bighorn sheep from a Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) helicopter.
The metal monolith was found in a remote part of Utah. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety
“That was the strangest thing I have come across in all my years of flying,” pilot Bret Hutchings told local news channel KSL TV.
“One of the biologists was the one who saw it and by chance we flew directly over it.
“He was like, ‘Wait, wait, wait, turn around, turn around!’ And I was like, ‘what.’ And he like, ‘There’s this thing back there, we have to go see it!’ “
He continued: “We were joking that if one of us suddenly disappears, the rest of us will flee.
“We were, like, thinking this is something NASA put in there or something. Are they bouncing satellites or something?”
State officials viewed and inspected the structure. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety
Said it appeared to be man-made. Perhaps by “some new wave artist” or a “huge fan” of the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, he added, referencing a scene from the film.
In Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, apes discover a metal monolith in the desert.
The similarity of the object to the monolith in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey was noticed by state officials and users of social media.
The DPS posted images and footage of the discovery on its website, and a person recording one of the videos can be heard saying, “The intrepid explorers come down to explore the alien life form.”
They add, laughing: “Who does this kind of thing? … it’s just wild.”
After the DPS shared images of the structure on its social media channels, the followers came up with their own theories.
Wildlife officials were counting the bighorn sheep from a helicopter when they saw the monolith. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety
One suggested it was a “space portal”, another suggested that the object was “probably left behind from a movie shoot.”
Others joked “this is where the charger plugs in” and “I was wondering where the hell I left that.”
The DPS said in a statement that it would not reveal the exact location of the monolith for public safety reasons.
Installing structures without a permit on public land administered by the federal government is illegal, he added.
