The mysterious silver monolith in the Utah desert has disappeared

[left-of-center2012]

A tall, silver, shining metal monolith discovered in the desert in southeastern Utah -- which prompted theories of alien placement and drew determined hikers to its secret location -- has now disappeared, the state's Bureau of Land Management said Saturday.

The monolith was removed by an "unknown party" sometime Friday night, the agency said in a Facebook post.

"We have received credible reports that the illegally installed structure, referred to as the 'monolith,' has been removed" from BLM public lands, the post said.

"The BLM did not remove the structure, which is considered private property."

Bureau of Land Management - Utah
Here is our official statement on the rumors surrounding the "#Monolith:" We have received credible reports that the illegally installed structure, referred to as the “monolith” has been removed from Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands by an unknown party. The BLM did not remove the structure which is considered private property. We do not investigate crimes involving private property which are handled by the local sheriff’s office. The structure has received international and national attention and we received reports that a person or group removed it on the evening of Nov. 27.”

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-disappears-style-trnd/index.html

[PSPS]

1. It was a prop left behind from a movie shot there. The forgetful prop department fetched it.

[left-of-center2012]

2. Link to source ?

[Blues Heron]

3. when camping remember to leave only footprints, tire tracks, and/or monoliths

[MissB]

4. My favorite was Southwest Airlines' tweet yesterday

Someone may be able to rustle that up. It was hilarious.

On edit: here it is

https://mobile.twitter.com/SouthwestAir/status/1333153032247390209

[tblue37]

5. The tweet:

Link to tweet

[tblue37]

6. To make the actual tweet show, remove from the URL the word "mobile" and the period

that follows it.

[RKP5637]

7. "Scotty, Beam It Up," we're finished in this place. n/t

[Baclava]

8. Well, we were warned, now the crustal displacement and worldwide deluge as continents crack and sink

I will survive because I will turn my TP fort into an Ark and float

[Chiyo-chichi]

9. There is speculation that it was made by the late artist John McCracken or an acolyte of his.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/arts/design/john-mccracken-utah-monolith.html

Whether that's the case or not, who knows? He said he wanted to put some of his work out in the wilderness to be discovered later... but Internet sleuths using Google Maps believe it was placed there in 2016, long after McCracken's death.

[Midnight Writer]

10. It showed up in the field behind my house yesterday morning for about two hours.

I didn't see it come or go.

I looked out the window and it was there, a couple of hours later it was gone.

[left-of-center2012]

12. My ex mother-in-law used to do that

She'd show up in the middle of the night and howl at the Moon.
Got all the dogs in the neighborhood barking.

[OriginalGeek]

11. awwww, mannnnn

*sadly unpacks road trip car.