Zonker 2,427 #1 Posted November 24, 2020 https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-art-trnd/index.html Let's just hope its an art installation. If its aliens they have to wait until Jan until they say "take me to your head honcho" 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommays 26 #2 Posted November 24, 2020 Forgotten prop from 2001 space odyssey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #3 Posted November 24, 2020 Markere foire the nexte burneng man festivus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mad 3,705 #4 Posted November 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Zonker said: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-art-trnd/index.html Let's just hope its an art installation. If its aliens they have to wait until Jan until they say "take me to your head honcho" They've been waiting for the last 4 years, another couple of months won't hurt. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IStream 2,229 #5 Posted November 24, 2020 Anyone paying attention to the Tycho Crater? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Crab 957 #6 Posted November 24, 2020 I know of him on Twitter. Kinda boring really. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DA-WOODY 975 #7 Posted November 24, 2020 4 hours ago, mad said: They've been waiting for the last couple of months, another 4 years won't hurt. fifU 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Borracho 1,657 #8 Posted November 24, 2020 If those rangers had any sense of art or humor they would have made a video showing them cowering in pain, covering their ears. Or thrown an iPhone at it. Boring. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobot 1,860 #9 Posted November 24, 2020 Those Rangers need some Cow femurs to swing around. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bplipschitz 297 #11 Posted November 25, 2020 On 11/24/2020 at 3:58 AM, Zonker said: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-art-trnd/index.html Let's just hope its an art installation. If its aliens they have to wait until Jan until they say "take me to your head honcho" Well, lessee: 1. It isn't a solid, one-piece construction 2. It isn't stone. Ergo, it's not a monolith. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #12 Posted November 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, bplipschitz said: Ergo, it's not a monolith. Nevere rellize d you werre so litteralle............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DA-WOODY 975 #13 Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, bplipschitz said: Well, lessee: 1. It isn't a solid, one-piece construction 2. It isn't stone. Ergo, it's not a monolith. what do you call 1 lith ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Al Paca 311 #14 Posted November 25, 2020 I think I saw the movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 587 #15 Posted November 25, 2020 4 hours ago, bplipschitz said: Well, lessee: 1. It isn't a solid, one-piece construction 2. It isn't stone. Ergo, it's not a monolith. yeah it's a stainless steel box held together with pop-rivets.. I was hoping they'd find DB Cooper inside... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone 273 #16 Posted November 25, 2020 1 hour ago, DA-WOODY said: what do you call 1 lith ??? Best of a top 10 lith 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zonker 2,427 #17 Posted November 25, 2020 Really, pop rivets? That's pretty cheesy. At least weld it and grind and polish the welds smooth so it's more mysterious. Lazy artist or whoever. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LB 15 4,645 #18 Posted November 25, 2020 It bet when they open it they will find it stuffed full of missing trump supporters ballots. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #19 Posted November 25, 2020 21 minutes ago, Zonker said: Really, pop rivets? That's pretty cheesy. At least weld it and grind and polish the welds smooth so it's more mysterious. Lazy artist or whoever. Aliens thet our notte as technicalley advansted as us? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DA-WOODY 975 #20 Posted November 25, 2020 likely the future of communications / message boards after the governments have all run their course basically ya just piss on it you can shit by it But you Must face North Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bplipschitz 297 #21 Posted November 25, 2020 5 hours ago, DA-WOODY said: 8 hours ago, bplipschitz said: Well, lessee: 1. It isn't a solid, one-piece construction 2. It isn't stone. Ergo, it's not a monolith. what do you call 1 lith ??? Lillith? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caca Cabeza 130 #22 Posted November 26, 2020 So we can agree, it is not a monolith. Do we call it: A) multilith, or b) polylith. Any others? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #23 Posted November 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, Caca Cabeza said: So we can agree, it is not a monolith. Do we call it: A) multilith, or b) polylith. Any others? Chunke of metalle? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #24 Posted November 26, 2020 I was thinking it could be something similar to the Delimitations project. google search There's a few around here but it doesn't look like the old 1821 border extended into utah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrleft8 2,097 #25 Posted November 26, 2020 Thank god they haven't found the 12' tall cast salt penis I put out there in 1986..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,986 #26 Posted November 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Caca Cabeza said: So we can agree, it is not a monolith. Do we call it: A) multilith, or b) polylith. Any others? Doesn't look like a Multilith. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Mastere Dreade 2,028 #27 Posted November 26, 2020 some sleuths have gone to google earth archives and have determined it was put there sometime 2015-2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 587 #28 Posted November 26, 2020 linky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Left Shift 2,664 #29 Posted November 26, 2020 10 hours ago, Snaggletooth said: Aliens thet our notte as technicalley advansted as us? But they have infinite patience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caca Cabeza 130 #30 Posted November 26, 2020 Too bad the folks with expensive helicopters, off road vehicles and expensive drones couldn't have figured this out faster than Sailing Anarchy. That being said - one of my most memorable discussions with Capitan - )who has done 1 - 1/2 laps and is one of the smartest people I know) asked me a couple of years ago why I was asking "sailing anarchy" for help with a technical question, my reply was "Capitan, SA, and sailors in general, are independent, self reliant, problem solvers that follow the code of the sea: help other mariners". Now I am sitting in Mazatlan on his Swan 47 diagnosing the voltage differential between the house bank and starting battery. I'll be checking the specific gravity in the morning after the Phoenix 12/50 charger does its wizardry overnight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Left Shift 2,664 #31 Posted November 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Mrleft8 said: Thank god they haven't found the 12' tall cast salt penis I put out there in 1986..... Were you working with a reincarnation of the PlasterCasters at the time? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sailm8 77 #32 Posted November 26, 2020 Alien sash weight. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #33 Posted November 26, 2020 Just now, sailm8 said: Alien sash weight. Nowe wearre thickeng! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Crab 957 #34 Posted November 26, 2020 I'm wondering how it got there from Sedona. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyclone 273 #35 Posted November 26, 2020 18 hours ago, Bump-n-Grind said: yeah it's a stainless steel box held together with pop-rivets.. DeLorean TARDIS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justsomeguy! 579 #36 Posted November 26, 2020 "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!'" That's like, some erudite yammerin' right there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #37 Posted November 26, 2020 10 hours ago, Bump-n-Grind said: linky Help me out here, the link just takes me back to the last place I was looking at. I'd like to go check it out, anywhere red rocky in Utah is of interest to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 587 #38 Posted November 26, 2020 type utah mysterious monolith into google maps.. someone's already pinned it. 10 minutes ago, bmiller said: Help me out here, the link just takes me back to the last place I was looking at. I'd like to go check it out, anywhere red rocky in Utah is of interest to me. edit: apparently google has removed the pin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #39 Posted November 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Bump-n-Grind said: type utah mysterious monolith into google maps.. someone's already pinned it. Tried that, no luck. Maybe got taken down? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 587 #40 Posted November 26, 2020 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copper+Mountain,+CO/38.3430886,-109.6661651/@38.988336,-110.2282803,663727m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x876a5ffec68ced8d:0xca5bfeededfc161b!2m2!1d-106.1516265!2d39.501419!1m0!3e0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #41 Posted November 26, 2020 37 minutes ago, Bump-n-Grind said: type utah mysterious monolith into google maps.. someone's already pinned it. edit: apparently google has removed the pin. The covere up hasse begunne! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ancientseawolf 52 #42 Posted November 26, 2020 -lith a combining form meaning “stone” (megalith), “stone tool” ( microlith), “mass of rock” (batholith; laccolith), “calcareous concretion, calculus” ( otolith; urolith). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #43 Posted November 26, 2020 14 minutes ago, Bump-n-Grind said: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Copper+Mountain,+CO/38.3430886,-109.6661651/@38.988336,-110.2282803,663727m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x876a5ffec68ced8d:0xca5bfeededfc161b!2m2!1d-106.1516265!2d39.501419!1m0!3e0 Well hell, I've been right by there, last time was a year or so ago. By the time I get back it will have been overrun and trashed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 587 #44 Posted November 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, bmiller said: Well hell, I've been right by there, last time was a year or so ago. By the time I get back it will have been overrun and trashed. or painted up with graffiti.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #45 Posted November 26, 2020 I'll get out in the next couple days and head down to the river to see if our local obelisk is still standing. Odds are it got wiped out last spring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caca Cabeza 130 #46 Posted November 26, 2020 Maybe this is what happens to things that return from outside the environment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d'ranger 2,538 #47 Posted November 26, 2020 3 hours ago, ancientseawolf said: -lith a combining form meaning “stone” (megalith), “stone tool” ( microlith), “mass of rock” (batholith; laccolith), “calcareous concretion, calculus” ( otolith; urolith). so a lil-lith would be a very small rock? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DA-WOODY 975 #48 Posted November 26, 2020 13 hours ago, Caca Cabeza said: Too bad the folks with expensive helicopters, off road vehicles and expensive drones couldn't have figured this out faster than Sailing Anarchy. That being said - one of my most memorable discussions with Capitan - )who has done 1 - 1/2 laps and is one of the smartest people I know) asked me a couple of years ago why I was asking "sailing anarchy" for help with a technical question, my reply was "Capitan, SA, and sailors in general, are independent, self reliant, problem solvers that follow the code of the sea: help other mariners". Now I am sitting in Mazatlan on his Swan 47 diagnosing the voltage differential between the house bank and starting battery. I'll be checking the specific gravity in the morning after the Phoenix 12/50 charger does its wizardry overnight. Not everyone with a Helicopter from here Buzzes around there it's a logistical thingie point out something in SoCal ..... Coast to Mountains (west desert) Preferably w large Breasted Cougars and a spot to land Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #49 Posted November 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, d'ranger said: 3 hours ago, ancientseawolf said: -lith a combining form meaning “stone” (megalith), “stone tool” ( microlith), “mass of rock” (batholith; laccolith), “calcareous concretion, calculus” ( otolith; urolith). so a lil-lith would be a very small rock? I woudentte saye that......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
familysailor 121 #50 Posted November 26, 2020 Did anyone else notice it's triangular? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #51 Posted November 27, 2020 1 hour ago, familysailor said: Did anyone else notice it's triangular? Notte till I wached the vidio, that dose add to the mysterey..................... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
familysailor 121 #52 Posted November 27, 2020 30 minutes ago, Snaggletooth said: Notte till I wached the vidio, that dose add to the mysterey..................... In the first photos posted by the helicopter guys you can see the top...barely. A later longer version of their video shows the three sides as they walk around it. Makes it more interesting that a square post. Message inside? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caca Cabeza 130 #53 Posted November 27, 2020 11 minutes ago, familysailor said: In the first photos posted by the helicopter guys you can see the top...barely. A later longer version of their video shows the three sides as they walk around it. Makes it more interesting that a square post. Message inside? Maybe it's used for sharpening razor blades. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #54 Posted November 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, Caca Cabeza said: Maybe it's used for sharpening razor blades. Or rechargeng batteriese, healle youre chakras, hormonize youre soulle, minde, bodey, and you braine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Leeroy Jenkins 200 #55 Posted November 28, 2020 It's being covered on As It Happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peragrin 44 #56 Posted November 28, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 8:20 PM, familysailor said: In the first photos posted by the helicopter guys you can see the top...barely. A later longer version of their video shows the three sides as they walk around it. Makes it more interesting that a square post. Message inside? A triangle is also easier to haul. Three same sized panels and a top/bottom piece. A rectangle would have a lot more pieces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #57 Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, peragrin said: A triangle is also easier to haul. Three same sized panels and a top/bottom piece. A rectangle would have a lot more pieces. If it was tapered to the top, pyramid like, no top piece needed. Amateurs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grande Mastere Dreade 2,028 #58 Posted November 28, 2020 8 hours ago, bmiller said: If it was tapered to the top, Amateurs designed by Brit Chance? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dreadom 226 #59 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 11:51 PM, sailm8 said: Alien sash weight. Exactly what I was going to say Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jules 1,870 #60 Posted November 29, 2020 How long until someone plants another? Maybe they could put it in the middle of a crop circle next to the Bigfoot tracks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExOmo 105 #61 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/25/2020 at 10:27 AM, Bump-n-Grind said: yeah it's a stainless steel box held together with pop-rivets.. I was hoping they'd find DB Cooper inside... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExOmo 105 #62 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/25/2020 at 10:48 AM, Zonker said: Really, pop rivets? That's pretty cheesy. At least weld it and grind and polish the welds smooth so it's more mysterious. Lazy artist or whoever. Maybe it was 3D printed and popped from the inside out.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 587 #63 Posted November 29, 2020 Jimmy Hoffa's headstone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kent H 32 #64 Posted November 29, 2020 I am just surprised that nothing has turned up yet to explain it. Was it a prop to a movie? Loch Ness has a Nessi monster on the bottom from a movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Sox 660 #65 Posted November 29, 2020 23 hours ago, peragrin said: A triangle is also easier to haul. Three same sized panels and a top/bottom piece. A rectangle would have a lot more pieces. A lot more? Not just one more? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #66 Posted November 29, 2020 Well that didnt take long, its gone. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/11/28/utahs-desert-obelisk-has/ This still remains. http://hiddencolorado.kunc.org/soldierstone/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Innocent Bystander 842 #67 Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, bmiller said: This still remains. http://hiddencolorado.kunc.org/soldierstone/ Thanks. Was not aware of that memorial. Strong stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmiller 730 #68 Posted November 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Innocent Bystander said: Thanks. Was not aware of that memorial. Strong stuff. Come out to CO next year, I'll take you there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Not for nothing 226 #69 Posted November 29, 2020 GONE Mysterious Metal Monolith In Utah Desert Suddenly Vanishes E.T., phone monolith. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-desert-monolith-space-aliens-vanishes_n_5fc3275ac5b66bb88c6781c Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #70 Posted November 29, 2020 Ist fifteene munittes of faime our overe................. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump-n-Grind 587 #71 Posted November 29, 2020 it'll probably turn up on eBay or craigslist Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,565 #72 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/25/2020 at 6:36 PM, Caca Cabeza said: So we can agree, it is not a monolith. Do we call it: A) multilith, or b) polylith. Any others? Sololith? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rasputin22 2,565 #73 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 9:51 AM, Snaggletooth said: The covere up hasse begunne! Cover up? Looks like it is gone but still casting a shadow on Google Earth! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark K 1,340 #74 Posted November 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Not for nothing said: GONE Mysterious Metal Monolith In Utah Desert Suddenly Vanishes E.T., phone monolith. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-desert-monolith-space-aliens-vanishes_n_5fc3275ac5b66bb88c6781c Oh well, it was just full of stars anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJonB 7,986 #75 Posted November 29, 2020 21 hours ago, Grande Mastere Dreade said: designed by Brit Chance? Nope - then it would be all squared off. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mad 3,705 #76 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/25/2020 at 7:06 PM, LB 15 said: It bet when they open it they will find it stuffed full of missing trump supporters ballots. sash weights Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mad 3,705 #77 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 12:51 PM, sailm8 said: Alien sash weight. Beat me too it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dorado 596 #78 Posted November 29, 2020 I'm guessing it will mysteriously show up someplace else. And then disappear and show up again in some other place. That's one brilliant artist. The whole world is talking about their work. It's become a global event. Bravo ! WFD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark K 1,340 #79 Posted November 29, 2020 44 minutes ago, mad said: sash weights Let's hope it's not a naming and claiming marker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Crab 957 #80 Posted November 29, 2020 It just stayed long enough to check out cable news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pipe Dream 67 #81 Posted November 29, 2020 On 11/26/2020 at 11:52 PM, Snaggletooth said: Nowe wearre thickeng! Was it delivered to site by Harley or Corvette? Maybe a flock of Swans took it there piece by piece??? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snaggletooth 2,882 #82 Posted November 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Pipe Dream said: On 11/26/2020 at 7:52 AM, Snaggletooth said: Nowe wearre thickeng! Was it delivered to site by Harley or Corvette? Maybe a flock of Swans took it there piece by piece??? Swanee coude of paide the 'loude pipe" gangue to staye farr frome hisse house and droppe it theire. He ist sneakey that waye......... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windward 332 #83 Posted November 30, 2020 23 hours ago, Pipe Dream said: Was it delivered to site by Harley or Corvette? Maybe a flock of Swans took it there piece by piece??? Ridgeline Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jules 1,870 #84 Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/29/2020 at 8:02 AM, Not for nothing said: Mysterious Metal Monolith In Utah Desert Suddenly Vanishes My guess is government officials feared another cult following and pulled it. It's pretty clear there are way too many of those types roaming the country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billy backstay 944 #85 Posted November 30, 2020 On 11/29/2020 at 2:23 PM, SloopJonB said: Nope - then it would be all squared off. Ted Turner to Britt Chance, RE: America's Cup,12 Meter, "Mariner": "Hell Britt, even a turd is pointed on both ends!" Britt had an office in the local Dauntless Shipyard*, decades ago... Nice guy, when I met him. * Now a Corporate owned "Safe Harbors" conglomerate Marina, and last I heard Ted's and DC's former crewman, Rives Potts was in charge of all of them, working from their Texas offices.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zonker 2,427 #86 Posted November 30, 2020 Monolith appears in Romania https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7mb84/mysterious-monolith-update-new-mysterious-monolith-appears-in-romania Now if somebody had been clever, they should have measured it. People are lazy. I bet the Utah one was built in even increments of inches. I'll bet the Romanian one is in even increments of mm. (like 2500mm high x 500 w etc). If you really want to mess with people you pick measurements that are not even in either system Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jules 1,870 #87 Posted November 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Zonker said: Monolith appears in Romania https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7mb84/mysterious-monolith-update-new-mysterious-monolith-appears-in-romania Now if somebody had been clever, they should have measured it. People are lazy. I bet the Utah one was built in even increments of inches. I'll bet the Romanian one is in even increments of mm. (like 2500mm high x 500 w etc). If you really want to mess with people you pick measurements that are not even in either system Now if it was built in cubits... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dorado 596 #88 Posted December 1, 2020 On 11/29/2020 at 11:56 AM, Dorado said: I'm guessing it will mysteriously show up someplace else. And then disappear and show up again in some other place. That's one brilliant artist. The whole world is talking about their work. It's become a global event. Bravo ! WFD. DOH ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites