A handful of theories surfaced, including the monolith being a leftover Westworld prop or possibly the work of minimalist sculptor John McCracken. Regardless of where the monolith has now disappeared to, some particularly devoted Reddit users have spent a fair amount of time and effort trying to discover where it came from in the first place. Was it aliens? Had 2001: A Space Odyssey been brought to life?Īnd then just as mysteriously as it appeared, the monolith is now gone. The rumor mill quickly began churning at the find by Utah's Department of Public Safety. Utah Department of Public Safety Aero BureauĪ week ago, the internet went wild at the discovery of a metallic monolith mysteriously standing in the middle of the Utah desert.
Despite comparisons with Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the monolith's origins are earthly in nature.