A worker inspects a metal monolith that was found installed in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Utah on November 18. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety handout via AP A worker inspects a metal monolith that was found installed in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Utah on November 18. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety handout via AP
A worker inspects a metal monolith that was found installed in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Utah on November 18. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety handout via AP

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Mystery metal pillar found in US desert ‘disappears’

  • A shiny, triangular pillar which protruded some 3.7 metres from the red rocks of southern Utah was spotted on November 18 by baffled local officials
  • The Bureau of Land Management in Utah said on Saturday it had received ‘credible reports’ that the object had been removed ‘by an unknown party’

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Updated: 1:40pm, 29 Nov, 2020

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A worker inspects a metal monolith that was found installed in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Utah on November 18. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety handout via AP A worker inspects a metal monolith that was found installed in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Utah on November 18. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety handout via AP
A worker inspects a metal monolith that was found installed in the ground in a remote area of red rock in Utah on November 18. Photo: Utah Department of Public Safety handout via AP
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