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Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by CPLX »

lultimouomo wrote: post #61
MrSourz wrote: post #41

A reddit user [1] found its location [2] and another figured out it was installed sometime during 2015-2016 based on when the satellite imagery changed. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/k01dc3/mysterious_m... [2] https://goo.gl/maps/2xdrTqcnguX3ky8AA

This guy really is something: > I looked at rock type (Sandstone), color (red and white - no black streaks like found on higher cliffs in Utah), shape (more rounded indicating a more exposed area and erosion), the texture of the canyon floor (flat rock vs sloped indicating higher up in a watershed with infrequent water), and the larger cliff/mesa in the upper background of one of the photos. I took all that and lined…

I believe the term of art for this, self-described by its adherents, is "weaponized autism"

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by granzymes »

zests wrote: post #53
gibolt wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would they know the laws of federally managed public lands on other planets?

All the federally managed public land policies have been on display at the local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty years now.

Beware of the Leopard.

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

wpasc wrote: post #77
lultimouomo wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This guy really is something: > I looked at rock type (Sandstone), color (red and white - no black streaks like found on higher cliffs in Utah), shape (more rounded indicating a more exposed area and erosion), the texture of the canyon floor (flat rock vs sloped indicating higher up in a watershed with infrequent water), and the larger cliff/mesa in the upper background of one of the photos. I took all that and lined…

You have to love the internet sometimes. Someone who works construction (as he stated) can develop a fun investigatory hobby just via the internet. The he can sign his work with a silly name like bear__f##ker (which I'm guessing is a reference to the movie super troopers).

On the other hand, it was people like this that once fingered the wrong person for the Boston Marathon bombing. It's all well and good as long as we remember not to put too much stock in it when it really matters.

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by toufka »

irrational wrote: post #125
MrSourz wrote: post #41

A reddit user [1] found its location [2] and another figured out it was installed sometime during 2015-2016 based on when the satellite imagery changed. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/k01dc3/mysterious_m... [2] https://goo.gl/maps/2xdrTqcnguX3ky8AA

I see some dotted lines nearby on the Google map. Hiking trails? Jeep trails? I’m wondering how much that thing weighs and how they got it there. Maybe drive it there with a large off-road pickup truck and then got a bunch of guys to carry it down the wash behind it?

It's pretty near Moab, UT - which is an adult kid's playground. The area is abundant with trails. Much of that land is regularly explored with various 4x4s for sport, even (and especially) off the trails. And Moab would also be a place enriched for people with the skill and desire to make a giant metal slab and find a place to stash it.

The 'monolith' is just a bit SE of the "Dead Horse Point" (SW of Moab), just on the east side of the river on this map [1].

[1] https://www.discovermoab.com/4-wheeling/

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by LegitShady »

monktastic1 wrote: post #91
chrisseaton wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"no matter what planet you're from ", not what planet you're doing it on .

It still works, doesn't it? How would they know the laws on this planet?

Pretty sure if they have the technological capacity to travel from somewhere to earth and land undetected they could figure out the laws.

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by AnIdiotOnTheNet »

wyldfire wrote: post #82
jonathanoliver wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

UHF! I caught that reference. It took me years to understand that reference fully. When I saw UHF originally it bugged me that I knew it was a reference to something but I didn't know what. Finally, a decade later I saw Close Encounters of the Third Kind and I finally put two and two together.

It was meant to be a direct reference. I've only seen one part of UHF - Michael Richards' scene w/"The FIREHOSE!!"

You're missing out. UHF is packed with hilarity.

Re: Metal monolith found by helicopter crew in Utah desert

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Post by wp381640 »

lultimouomo wrote: post #61
MrSourz wrote: post #41

A reddit user [1] found its location [2] and another figured out it was installed sometime during 2015-2016 based on when the satellite imagery changed. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/k01dc3/mysterious_m... [2] https://goo.gl/maps/2xdrTqcnguX3ky8AA

This guy really is something: > I looked at rock type (Sandstone), color (red and white - no black streaks like found on higher cliffs in Utah), shape (more rounded indicating a more exposed area and erosion), the texture of the canyon floor (flat rock vs sloped indicating higher up in a watershed with infrequent water), and the larger cliff/mesa in the upper background of one of the photos. I took all that and lined…

If this guy live streamed himself playing GeoGuessr I’d watch the hell out of it
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