AP Spotlight Gleaming monolith pops up in Nevada desert, the latest in a series of quickly vanishing structures RIO YAMAT Associated Press Jun 18, 2024 Jun 18, 2024 Updated May 27, 2025 0 × Workers with Utah’s Department of Public Safety discovered a giant hunk of metal in the Utah desert. They don’t know where it came from. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAS VEGAS — The strange monolith looks like it could have come from another world.kAmyFEE:?8 @FE @7 E96 C@4<D :? 2 C6>@E6 >@F?E2:? C2?86 ?62C {2D '682D[ E96 8=:>>6C:?8 C64E2?8F=2C AC:D>VD C67=64E:G6 DFC7246 :>:E2E6D E96 G2DE 56D6CE =2?5D42A6 DFCC@F?5:?8 E96 >@F?E2:? 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Alien Art from Above? Mysterious Metal Monolith Found in Utah Desert Workers with Utah’s Department of Public Safety discovered a giant hunk of metal in the Utah desert. They don’t know where it came from.
