Monolith in Southern Utah?

[SteveLCetc]

Here's a story - the interesting thing is at the very start of the helicopter shot there is a well used 4x4 trail at the lower right. Anybody recognize it?

DPS crew discovers mysterious monolith from air in remote Utah wilderness

The Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter was assisting Utah Division of Wildlife Resource officers counting bighorn sheep when the crew spotted something mysterious from above.

ksltv.com

 

[krazykat69]

Here's a story - the interesting thing is at the very start of the helicopter shot there is a well used 4x4 trail at the lower right. Anybody recognize it?

DPS crew discovers mysterious monolith from air in remote Utah wilderness

The Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter was assisting Utah Division of Wildlife Resource officers counting bighorn sheep when the crew spotted something mysterious from above.

ksltv.com

Nope. I don't recognize that trail. Neat story, though.

 

[JohnnyUtah2]

Great story. After reading about it I’m thinking about a Goonie adventure to find it!

 

[lurch]

Looks like it’s along the Lockhart basin trail...I just drove right past a couple of months ago

 

[ramangain]

It was me. It just fell out of my trailer and landed upright like that. I was endurance testing my front axle emergency fix when snap rings don't work.
But SHHHHH I'd like to remain anonymous!

 

[NyNomad]

shhhh. it's classified.. you see NOTHING

 

[pappy]

It didn't take long for somebody to sleuth out where it is. Problem is, they are not giving out the coords.

Even Utah’s mysterious monolith may be no match for Google Earth

But we still don’t know who created it.

www.theverge.com

 

[pappy]

From the comments,

Meh. I’m calling BS on the "remote and highly inhospitable" location. It’s less than an hour outside of Moab north of the Needles overlook. As long as you are good driving on a dirt road and taking a short hike, you’re there. Just take adequate water and don’t go alone. That’s a beautiful area. nothing wrong with going and exploring.

 

[lurch]

I’ll just leave this here

https://preview.app.goo.gl/earth.ap...ogle.b612&ius=googleearth[/URL]"]Google Earth

 

[lurch]

About 1200’ from the trail

 

[pappy]

I’ll just leave this here

https://preview.app.goo.gl/earth.ap...ogle.b612&ius=googleearth[/URL]"]Google Earth

Linkie no workie.

 

[lurch]

Linkie no workie.

Well, they must be trying to protect it by taking down the google earth bookmark.

 

[ramangain]

Well, they must be trying to protect it by taking down the google earth bookmark.

It is officially a conspiracy theory now. I mentioned it to some of my contacts and at Kirtland and Sandia, and all I got back was "I can tell you, but then I'd have to kill you"

Which is obvious hor$e$hit since, like I said, it fell out of my trailer. Case closed.

 

[Dumpolina]

I’m very glad this made the news so all the overlanders in the west will be traipsing all over Utah even more than they normally are instead of polluting the places I like go. @ramangain thank you for creating the buzz. Ps it’s the ones at Sandia that DON’T say things like that, that you wanna take seriously

 

[2manycruisers]

How long will it take BLM or NPS to remove it and be left with a hole in the ground?

 

[pappy]

That didn't take long.

Utah monolith: Internet sleuths got there, but its origins are still a mystery

The metal monolith sits deep in a desert easy to get lost in, so officials did not reveal its location.

www.bbc.com

 

[ramangain]

Satellite photos from 2015 and 2016 reveals that my story didn't hold up and I'm full of $hit on this one. Cheers!

 

[FJCTom]

To borrow from the Violent Femmes, "Gone Pappy gone. The totem's gone."

Utah’s desert obelisk has disappeared

Barely a week after it was found, Utah’s mystery obelisk has vanished.

www.sltrib.com

 

[ramangain]

Replicas will show up on SW CL for sale sections within 48 hours I'd guess

 

[NyNomad]

Treading Lightly.