Monolith in the desert of Utah, in the United States, disappeared – People – Culture

How it arrived, it left: without traces or clues that allow you to track it down.

We are talking about the strange metal monolith that was found in the desert of the state of Utah, in the United States, and which, according to official information, passed away from his position last Friday, November 27.

(This is what was known at the beginning of the discovery of the monolith).

How did it get there? Who is responsible for it? Why did he disappear? … many questions and few answers.

The discovery

On November 18, 2020, agents of the Aero Bureau Unit, of the Utah Department of Public Security (USA), flew over the state desert to map the presence of the bighorn sheep (a type of ram) in the area.

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What they found, however, was a curious surprise: a 3.5 meter metal monolith, with 3 faces and very bright.

(If you read us from the app watch the video of the monolith here).

Officials went down to the scene, photographed themselves with the object and even remembered the film “2001: A Space Odyssey”, as a similar monolith appears in it.

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“I guess he’s a new wave artist or something or, you know, someone who was a huge fan of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.”Bret Hutchins, the mission pilot, told CNN about the possible person responsible for the monolith.

(If you read us from the app here you can see photos of the monolith).

After the find went viral (as it was recorded on video and photo), the Utah Department of Security reported that there was no information on who could locate the object in the desert.

The body also reminded citizens that “It is illegal to install structures or works of art without authorization on public land administered by the federal government, no matter which planet you come from. “

Further, To avoid a “pilgrimage” in the area, the authorities did not disclose the exact location of the light column.

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It has been found

Despite the intention, different People decided to try and find the monolith and some did.

One of them was David Surber, a former US Army infantry officer who shared his “discovery” on his social media.

“It’s aluminum and it’s not magnetic,” he said of the piece on his Instagram account., in which he shared several videos and photos.

(Can you read us from the app? Check out one of the videos posted by David Surber here).

(Can you read us from the app? See photos posted by David Surber here).

Missing

On Friday, November 27, 9 days after its discovery, Utah authorities reported that the monolith has disappeared.

“We have received credible evidence that the sculpture was removed from an unknown person”, noted the Utah Land Management Agency.

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Who did it and why? It is not known and it is not certain if you will know what happened, since investigating what happened corresponds to the local sheriff (a police figure) and, No action has been taken so far.

Some hypotheses about the monolith They point out that it was installed in the desert in 2016 and that it would have belonged to the artist John McCracken.

However, McCracken died in 2011 …

In a conversation with ‘The New York Times’, his son, Patrick McCracken, assured that the artist confessed, long before his death, that he would like to leave his works in “lost and rediscovered environments”.

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Therefore, the monolith, its appearance and its “evaporation” are still unknown.

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