Mysterious Metallic Monolith Found in Distant Utah Canyon

“The intrepid explorers go down to examine the alien lifeform,” narrates a chuckling Bret Hutchings in a video documenting an odd encounter in southeastern Utah on November 18, 2020.

Hutchings, a helicopter pilot for the Aero Division of the Utah Division of Public Security, was taking part in an aerial depend of bighorn sheep in distant desert canyon nation. After a wildlife biologist noticed a reflective metallic object standing out from the crimson rocks, the helicopter landed to research.

As soon as on the bottom, three crew members—carrying matching flight fits that look straight out of a Fifties science fiction movie—approached what a Utah DPS press launch described as a “steel monolith put in within the floor.”

“We have been sort of joking round,” mentioned Hutchings. “If one among us abruptly disappears, then I assume the remainder of us make a run for it.”

The crew had loads of enjoyable with this odd discovery. Some posed for photographs, and one crew member even stood atop one other crew member’s shoulders to examine the highest of the thing.

“It’s most likely between ten and twelve ft excessive,” mentioned Hutchings, in an interview with KSL TV. “I’m assuming it’s some new wave artist or somebody who’s a giant 2001 House Odyssey fan.”

Hutchings’ reference is to the 1968 Stanley Kubrick movie, 2001: A House Odyssey, which entails the invention of a mysterious black obelisk of extraterrestrial origins. In the meantime, different observers have advised the metallic monolith resembles the plank sculptures of artist John McCracken, who died in 2011.

In response to a Utah DPS Aero Bureau Instagram submit concerning the discovery, customers made 1000’s of humorous feedback that continued the enjoyable. Many feedback referenced apprehension on the object being found throughout a crisis-filled 2020. Others claimed the monolith was positioned by aliens or signaled an impending invasion. Many quoted, paraphrased, and horribly misquoted traces from 2001: A House Odyssey.

One consumer, @meowatthesun, advised the thing is definitely a large USB stick working the simulation we’re all residing inside.

Concerning the object, which gave the impression to be implanted utilizing noticed cuts made into the sandstone bedrock, Utah BPS provided an necessary reminder concerning the legislation:  “It’s unlawful to put in constructions or artwork with out authorization on federally managed public lands, it doesn’t matter what planet you’re from.”

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