Space Oddity? Monolith in Utah Desert Mystifies Helicopter Crew

Space Oddity? Monolith in Utah Desert Mystifies Helicopter Crew
Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources crew members walk near a metal monolith they discovered in a remote area of Red Rock Country in Utah, U.S. on Nov. 18, 2020. Utah Department of Public Safety via REUTERS
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They were on a mission to count sheep when they found something they had not counted on.

As a Utah helicopter crew buzzed over the southeastern part of the state looking for bighorn sheep last week, sitting beneath them in the middle of the desert was a bright shiny monolith, the stuff of sci-fi sagas.