A metal obelisk found in a US desert has fired the imaginations of UFO spotters and Stanley Kubrick fans. The shiny pillar, which protrudes 3.6 meters from red rock in southern Utah, was spotted by officials counting bighorn sheep. After landing their helicopter to check, a Utah Department of Public Safety team found "a metal monolith." Lots of people noted the similarity to alien monoliths that trigger leaps in human progress in Kubrick's classic sci-fi movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. And Bret Hutchings, the helicopter pilot who spotted it, thought it was planted by "some new wave artist."

Source: The Standard November 25, 2020 19:07 UTC