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Large Metal Monolith Mysteriously Appears In Remote Region Of Utah's Red Rock Country

Authorities do not know where the object came from or the intent behind it.
This monolith was discovered in rural Utah, but officials do not know its source or reason for being installed.

State officials were flying over southeastern Utah looking for sheep as part of a routine task. Instead they found something straight out of a sci-fi movie.

From a helicopter, officers from the Utah— a single block of metal — last week. It was sitting in Utah's Red Rock Country in the southeast. Officials have no idea how or when it got there — or who might have placed it.

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