Now a mysterious Arthur C Clarke-style monolith appears in ROMANIA after unexplained metal vanished from Utah – so who (or what) put it there?
- Mysterious monolith has appeared in Romania after another vanished from Utah
- The shiny triangular pillar was found on Batcas Doamnei Hill in Piatra Neamt city
- One side of the structure faces Mount Ceahlau, known as the Holy Mountain
A mysterious metal monolith has appeared in Romania after another similar structure found in the remote Utah desert was removed by an ‘unknown party’.
The shiny triangular pillar was found on Batca Doamnei Hill in the city of Piatra Neamt in northern Romania last Thursday.
It was spotted a few metres away from the well-known archaeological landmark the Petrodava Dacian Fortress, which is the oldest historical monument in Piatra Neamt.
A mysterious metal monolith has appeared in Romania after another similar structure found in the remote Utah desert was removed by an ‘unknown party’
The shiny triangular pillar was found on Batca Doamnei Hill in the city of Piatra Neamt in northern Romania last Thursday.
It was spotted a few metres away from the well-known archaeological landmark the Petrodava Dacian Fortress, which is the oldest historical monument in Piatra Neamt.
The peculiar find comes after a similar monolith was found in the Utah Desert, sparking theories it was left by aliens.
The pillar, which protruded approximately 12 feet from the red rocks in southern Utah, was spotted last Wednesday by baffled local officials counting bighorn sheep from the air.
However the three-sided structure was removed by an ‘unknown party’ on Friday evening, the Bureau of Land Management Utah said in a statement.
A mysterious monolith that was found in the remote Utah desert has been removed by an ‘unknown party’, according to officials
The shiny, triangular pillar, which protruded approximately 12 feet from the red rocks of southern Utah, was spotted last Wednesday by baffled local officials counting bighorn sheep from the air
However the three-sided structure was removed (pictured) by ‘an unknown party’ on Friday evening, the Bureau of Land Management Utah said in a statement
News of the discovery in Utah quickly went viral online, with many noting the object’s similarity to the strange alien monoliths that trigger huge leaps in human progress in Kubrick’s classic sci-fi film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’
In Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel ‘Space Odyssey’, which was released concurrently with the film, monoliths are machines built by an unseen extraterrestrial species.
The first appears at the beginning of the story, set in prehistoric times.
The structures found in Utah and Romania resemble the machines found in Kubrick’s classic sci-fi film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ (pictured)
In Romania, the triangular structure has a height of about 13 feet and one side faces Mount Ceahlau, known locally as the Holy Mountain.
It is one of the most famous mountains in Romania, and is listed as one of the seven natural wonders of the country.
Romanian officials still do not know who is responsible for erecting the mysterious monolith.
Neamt Culture and Heritage official Rocsana Josanu said: ‘We have started looking into the strange appearance of the monolith.
‘It is on private property, but we still don’t know who the monolith’s owner is yet. It is in a protected area on an archaeological site.’
She added: ‘Before installing something there, they needed permission from our institution, one that must then be approved by the Ministry of Culture.’