Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

[G_j]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55056570

A strange metal monolith has been discovered in the Utah desert by a helicopter crew, leaving local authorities baffled.

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They said the structure had been planted in the ground between red rock.

There was no indication who installed the monolith, which was about 10 to 12ft (3.6m) tall.

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Mr Hutchings said a biologist counting big horn sheep in the helicopter was the first one to spot the structure from the sky.

"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!'," Mr Hutchings said.

[First Speaker]

1. Well, of course. It's 2020. A strange monolith showing up...

...is just the sendoff for the year we deserve. I guess a big leap in human evolution is about here...and about time, if you ask me. I wonder who the Star Child is...anybody but Trump...

[Chainfire]

2. I saw this on another site

My initial thoughts was that it was most likely put there by those who found it.

[Laelth]

4. Most likely. n/t

-Laelth

[stopdiggin]

12. if it wasn't put there by scammer/hoaxer

you can be sure that a number of them will crop up like weeds ...
and spin out some "legend" or "treasure hunt" that conveniently has a money tree attached to it somewhere.

never let a good con go to waste.
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[MontanaMama]

3. Maybe it is a portal to another dimension.

A dimension of alternative facts where tRump won the election.

[CincyDem]

6. Or back to the reality that HRC did. Lol.

Always hard to know which side of the looking glass is real.

[jmowreader]

5. Shouldn't it be black?

[G_j]

7. --

[nykym]

8. It is actually a homing beacon

for the mother ship so they will know where to pick up their escaped mutation.
Currently they have identified its location at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

[hunter]

9. Aha! So that's where Angel Moroni stashed those golden plates!

[Midnight Writer]

11. I was wondering if they tried looking at it through a scrying stone.

[DFW]

10. The State of Utah said it was illegal to place there "no matter what planet you're from"

Well, if the State of Utah would place signs in Martian at the entrances to the parks, then this sort of misunderstanding wouldn't occur, would it?

[awesomerwb1]

13. Banksy?

Get geraldo rivera on this.

[mtnsnake]

14. That's Trump's new surfboard that Melania was going to surprise him with for Christmas

but it must have slipped out of the plane's cargo hold.