Utah desert 鈥榤onolith鈥 disappears
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A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it got there, has apparently disappeared, officials said.
The Bureau of Land Management in Utah said on Saturday it had received 鈥渃redible reports鈥 that the object had been removed 鈥渂y an unknown party鈥 on Friday evening.
The bureau 鈥渄id not remove the structure which is considered private property,鈥 it said.
鈥淲e do not investigate crimes involving private property.鈥
The shiny, triangular pillar which protruded some 12 feet from the red rocks of southern Utah, was spotted on November 18 by local officials counting bighorn sheep from the air.
After landing their helicopter to investigate, Utah Department of Public Safety crew members found 鈥渁 metal monolith installed in the ground.鈥
News of the discovery quickly went viral, with many noting the object鈥檚 similarity with strange alien monoliths that trigger huge leaps in human progress in Stanley Kubrick鈥檚 classic sci-fi film 鈥2001: A Space Odyssey.鈥
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