Helicopter pilots find strange Sci-Fi monolith in remote rocky region of Utah

[onetrack]

I reckon the person who planted this, sure must be some kind of sci-fi freak - but a moneyed one at that, to drag that big chunk of metal that far out in the wilderness, and bury it in the ground there.

 

It'd be interesting to see if anyone comes forward about it, when the story is widely circulated. 

 

https://ksltv.com/449486/dps-crew-discovers-mysterious-monolith-from-air-in-remote-utah-wilderness/?

[nomadpete]

I'd say it has a lot in common with the Marree Man geoglyph in South Australia.

Just another man made mystery.

[red750]

Yahoo News has an item which states someone has claimed they know the identity of the person responsible. Here is part of the article:

 

"After the images of the monolith went viral, an art dealer and gallery owner has come forward claiming it was installed by a minimalist artist named John McCracken, who died nine years ago.

 

David Zwirner, who represented Mr McCracken as an agent, said he is convinced of the object’s origin - though his colleagues aren’t quite as sure.

"The gallery is divided on this," Mr Zwirner said in a statement.

"I believe this is definitely by John."

[Old Koreelah]

Don’t spoil the story with facts. 

I feel sure those mysterious columns are made of a metal unknown on Earth and emit an etherial hum...

[red750]

Alright, Old K., it's a Klingon homing device.

[onetrack]

It's obvious, then -  that monolith is surely the source of the Hum.

 

https://theconversation.com/cracking-the-mystery-of-the-worldwide-hum-60296

[red750]

I've been hearing a hum for years  -  or is that my tinnitus?

 

Stephen Colbert did his monologue on the monolith. He said the helicopter crew counting the longhorn sheep claimed they flew low enough so they could determine the sex of the sheep. 

 

He also said it was made with "man made rivets."

[old man emu]

When I was a student at Uni, I had a room in a share house. Next-door was knock shop. I used to hear a lot of humming from next door.

[Marty_d]

2 hours ago, old man emu said:

When I was a student at Uni, I had a room in a share house. Next-door was knock shop. I used to hear a lot of humming from next door.

It'd be an expensive evening if you got a bit pissed and came home to the wrong house.

[Jerry_Atrick]

er.. I think I now know what a knock shop his... sheltered adulthood, obviously...

[onetrack]

I'm wondering if the source of the Hum is the sheer number of electric motors used throughout the nation. Most electric motors emit a hum - tens of thousands of them operating simultaneously, would be enough to create a combined low steady hum.

 

Some people are just plain sensitive to various pitches of noise. SWMBO reckons she can hear the electricity humming through the wires. Maybe that is the source of the Hum, tens of thousands of kms of street wiring, all humming with electricity.

[Old Koreelah]

Even in his old age, my dad had amazing hearing. One still night he said "hear that? A truck just started up the hill out of Killarney".

Minutes later he reported that it had turned south at Legume. Another quarter hour and I finally heard it as it approached.

[old man emu]

3 hours ago, Old Koreelah said:

One still night he said "hear that? A truck just started up the hill out of Killarney".

Minutes later he reported that it had turned south at Legume. Another quarter hour and I finally heard it as it approached.

Now there's an app for that!

[onetrack]

Well the "remoteness" of the Utah monument is not exactly what was first reported. Dozens of people have now been to it, after someone uploaded the likely co-ordinates to a forum. I reckon they were probably poring over satellite images.

 

The first bloke there, an ex-infantry "exploration" hiker, drove in to within a reasonable walking distance of the monument, parked his car by the side of the road, and then hiked in, just beating some other people by about 10 mins.

 

He started at midnight! I reckon he must be pretty good to find his way to a location like that in the dark. Although there is a reasonable amount of moonlight at present.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-27/hidden-utah-desert-monolith-found-by-sightseer/12930042

[nomadpete]

This "humming" drift sent me down the rabbit hole. I'm a serious sceptic - I love to pull apart conspiracy theories. For instance, I have a couple of entertaining relations who totally believe that they can't go to sleep unless the WiFi is turned off (they say it causes headaches, even though they still get headaches when it's off). But the humming one is rather more difficult to debunk.

At first all the arguments seem fragile. Any constructive thoughts?

Edited November 28, 2020 by nomadpete
grammar check for OME

[spacesailor]

I only hear " huming "when wearing my hearing aids.

SO

Turn off thoes huming,s, by not wearing those hearing aids.

spacesailor

[nomadpete]

That also works for reducing any nagging sounds.

[Jerry_Atrick]

If only I needed hearing aids!

[willedoo]

The monument in Utah has disappeared and a similar one has popped up in Romania. Stolen by Gypsies perhaps.

[spacesailor]

Dr Who, transported it in his " aeroplane " !

TARDIS, I know.

spacesailor

[onetrack]

They are popping up everywhere now, it seems every artist and his dog has to have a piece of the action.