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Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau encounters monolith in Red Rock Country

16 comments

  1. Omnicrola
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    I love stuff like this. Though people should respect national parks. Also, this is definitely the beginning of an alien invasion movie, and one of the guys in the video clips should have been...

    I love stuff like this. Though people should respect national parks.

    Also, this is definitely the beginning of an alien invasion movie, and one of the guys in the video clips should have been teleported or exploded or something.

    14 votes
  2. moocow1452
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    This is the weirdest year. Trump would be the worst ambassador to extraterrestrials, especially in a lame duck session. He totally would have blabbed about extraterrestrials if the government had...
    • This is the weirdest year.
    • Trump would be the worst ambassador to extraterrestrials, especially in a lame duck session.
    • He totally would have blabbed about extraterrestrials if the government had verified information.
    • The world could use some "next step of evolution based on harmony with the universe" right about now.
    11 votes
  3. [2]
    AugustusFerdinand
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    Location found: https://redd.it/k07t1u Been there long enough for aerial photography to catch it, send to map makers, and the maps to be uploaded.

    Location found: https://redd.it/k07t1u

    Been there long enough for aerial photography to catch it, send to map makers, and the maps to be uploaded.

    9 votes
  4. [2]
    moocow1452
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/us/monolith-utah-disappeared.html It's gone, presumably it got what it wanted from here and now surfs the cosmos once more.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/us/monolith-utah-disappeared.html

    It's gone, presumably it got what it wanted from here and now surfs the cosmos once more.

    6 votes
  5. [10]
    cfabbro
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    Despite the warnings, pictures and videos of people visiting the monolith have started rolling in now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U63zicCAQIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCmgHEMNqLc...

    Despite the warnings, pictures and videos of people visiting the monolith have started rolling in now:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U63zicCAQIk
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCmgHEMNqLc
    https://redd.it/k0o8j4
    https://redd.it/k0uhcy
    https://redd.it/k15ng4

    4 votes
    1. [4]
      unknown user
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      And this is exactly one of the reasons why Leave No Trace principles are important. This monolith should be removed.

      And this is exactly one of the reasons why Leave No Trace principles are important. This monolith should be removed.

      10 votes
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        cfabbro
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        Looks like the people who removed it agreed with you: https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/visitor-monolith-toppled-by-group-who-said-leave-no-trace-1.5213066 Video of the removal:...
        1 vote
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          moocow1452
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          Well, we don't know if they're not aliens...

          Well, we don't know if they're not aliens...

          1 vote
          1. cfabbro
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            My money is on it being a coverup by the subterranean lizard people!

            My money is on it being a coverup by the subterranean lizard people!

            1 vote
    2. [5]
      Good_Apollo
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      I don’t really see what the big deal is. It’s a bit strange but it’s not that impressive now that I’ve seen all these videos. Somebody having a laugh or a personal art project. I don’t know what I...

      I don’t really see what the big deal is. It’s a bit strange but it’s not that impressive now that I’ve seen all these videos. Somebody having a laugh or a personal art project.

      I don’t know what I expected, maybe something actually alien, but that’s ridiculous.

      4 votes
      1. unknown user
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        It's apparently not even a solid hunk of metal. Just 6 sheets of metal joined to form a cuboid. You'd think if someone were to go to this sort of effort of setting up this elaborate mystery,...

        It's apparently not even a solid hunk of metal. Just 6 sheets of metal joined to form a cuboid. You'd think if someone were to go to this sort of effort of setting up this elaborate mystery, they'd want to make the object itself something more true to its nature.

        3 votes
      2. [3]
        cfabbro
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        It's not the monolith itself that I find most interesting; It's the fact that people already managed to locate it despite having so few clues, figure out roughly when it was put up using satellite...

        It's not the monolith itself that I find most interesting; It's the fact that people already managed to locate it despite having so few clues, figure out roughly when it was put up using satellite footage, and even get out there to visit it already despite it being ~10 miles from the nearest road, which itself is not all that easy to get to or navigate down. That and its neat that it has apparently been there for so many years without anyone noticing it until now, which is a nice reminder just how big the US is, and how remote some parts of it still are.

        As for people going out to visit it, I totally get that too. It's an excuse to get out of the house, and go somewhere remote and beautiful, to see something unique and slightly mysterious.

        3 votes
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          AugustusFerdinand
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          It's all of a quarter mile off a dirt road in a straight line. There's a paved road that leads to a well used dirt road that is a few hundred feet off an obvious and easy path straight to the...

          ~10 miles from the nearest road, which itself is not all that easy to get to or navigate down.

          It's all of a quarter mile off a dirt road in a straight line. There's a paved road that leads to a well used dirt road that is a few hundred feet off an obvious and easy path straight to the monolith in an old riverbed. I'd put it at a half mile hike along nearly flat land.

          3 votes
          1. cfabbro
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            Ah, if that's the case, then that's not really all that remote or difficult to get to at all. I was basing the ~10 mile distance off a PSA style warning someone posted to /r/UtahMonolith a few...

            Ah, if that's the case, then that's not really all that remote or difficult to get to at all. I was basing the ~10 mile distance off a PSA style warning someone posted to /r/UtahMonolith a few days ago.