Mysterious metal monolith planted in the Utah desert has disappeared

The mysterious silver monolith that inexplicably appeared in a remote area of ​​the Utah desert disappeared less than 10 days after it was discovered by wildlife biologists during a helicopter study of the bighorn sheep, the Federal authorities and bighorn sheep witnesses reported on Sunday. place.

“We have received credible information that the illegally installed structure known as the ‘monolith’ was removed from public lands by the Bureau of Land Management by unknown persons on November 27,” the bureau spokeswoman said in a statement. . Kimberly Finch. It was not the agency that removed the structure, he said.

Biologists and employees of the Utah Department of Public Safety and the Division of Wildlife Resources spotted the sky-bright object on November 18 in southeastern Utah and landed nearby to verify it . It was about 3.4 meters tall and the sides appeared to be stainless steel.

The report drew international attention.

Although officials in Utah did not specifically indicate where the monolith was located, people quickly found it on satellite images from 2016 and determined its GPS coordinates, prompting people to enter the area.

Salt Lake Tribune reporters attended the scene on Saturday and confirmed that the tall, slick structure was missing.