During a survey of wild bighorn sheep, Utah state employees discovered ‘a shiny metal tower sticking out of the rock canyon floor’ Due to its similarity to objects found in the movie ‘2001:A Space Odyssey,’ the shiny towner came to be known as the Utah Monolith, and images of it went viral. On November 18, 2020, the structure was found but seemed to have been there since at least mid to late October 2016. Then, on November 27, it was taken down. Afterward, that same day, a second and a third metal monolith were discovered in Romania and California, respectively.
More Metal Monoliths start popping up
After the first three were found, two more popped up. Within a month after the first one was discovered, 87 similar objects appeared all over the world. As beautiful and confusing as they may be, all credit was taken by a few artistic individuals. Monoliths have been found in Canada, Australia, Morocco, the Netherlands, and many other locations worldwide.[1]
Metal monolith recently appears in Turkey
More recently, one of these strange silver-colored slabs was found in Turkey, only to vanish a few days later. Inscribed on the side of the monolith was a phrase written in an ancient Turkish script. It read, “Look at the sky, you will see the moon.”
This monolith was discovered by a farmer in the Sanliurfa province.[2]
“We don’t know if it was placed on my field for marketing purposes or as an advertisement. Residents cannot solve the mystery of the metal block”
Fuat Demirdil – farmer
Turkish Metal monolith mystery solved
According to the New York Post, the strange metal slabs’ mysterious appearance has since been solved after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used an image of the metal monolith as part of a slide show while announcing the new space program in Turkey.[2]
“I now present to you Turkey’s 10-year vision, strategy, and aims and I say: ‘look at the sky, you will see the moon.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Some of these structures have helped in strange ways
Many monolith makers remain anonymous, but their work has been found, and the craze has had some really unexpected but welcome consequences. In San Antonio, Texas, outside The Paul Jolly Center for Pet Adoption, a monolith was placed. Within days of its erection, the adoption center saw their website take a huge influx of traffic and adoption managers having all their slots filled.[2]
‘It really is something that took us by surprise. We don’t know who created it or how long we’re gonna have it, but it certainly has had a wonderful outcome”
Joel McLellan – Executive director of the Animal Defense League of Texas
Who built all the other monoliths?
Indeed, as one might imagine, the monolith craze has led to several people claiming the credit or trying to profit. A man named Vulovic claims that in addition to the Melbourne monolith, he also erected two more in Romania and Serbia that have yet to be discovered but failed to provide sufficient evidence to back up his claim.
Furthermore, an artist collective in New Mexico called The Most Famous Artist subtly hinted that they were responsible for a number of monoliths and are selling them for 45,000 dollars each.
Speaking to Mashable, the founder of the group said;
“What better way to end this [bleeped up] year than let the world briefly think aliens made contact only to be disappointed that it’s just The Most Famous Artist playing tricks again”
Matty Mo – Founder of The Most Famous Artist
At the end of the day, for most of the 80-some-thing metal monoliths, they remain a mystery. However, we kind of like thinking they were put here by Aliens.
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Sources:
- “A month after a mysterious monolith was discovered in Utah, at least 87 more have appeared around the world.” Insider. Susie Neilson. December 20, 2020.
- “Mystery of Turkey’s monolith is solved.” NY Post. Tamar Lapin. February 9, 2021