# Mystery monolith in Nevada **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 18, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014 "2024-06-18T14:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/1 "2024-06-18T14:04:55Z")
Is it a movie promotion? But it’s not anyplace you’d be likely to see it. Weird art thing seems much more plausible. Mysterious! > **[Mystery monolith appears in Nevada desert](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cekk7gm97j4o)** > > The Nevada monolith is one of number of similar structures have been found around the world in recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/2 "2024-06-18T14:13:50Z")
It’s not a movie promotion, it’s (or something similar to it) been showing up all over the place for years now. I don’t think it’s anything more than ‘art’. > **[Another Monolith Has Popped up at a Wisconsin Park Hiking Trail](https://mix1043fm.com/mystery-monolith-milwaukee/)** > > 2020 ended on some weird notes. On top of everything else that happened throughout the year, we had the strange monolith phenomenon. The first one popped up ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/3 "2024-06-18T14:14:34Z")
There a documentary about this. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/4 "2024-06-18T15:38:28Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > It’s not a movie promotion, it’s (or something similar to it) been showing up all over the place for years now. I don’t think it’s anything more than ‘art’. > **[The Utah monolith probably wasn’t the work of aliens, but it’s still a mystery...](https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-what-is-it-trnd/index.html)** > > We asked a film scholar and astrophysicist who explores the potential for extraterrestrial life about who could have put this piece of art in the Utah desert and what it means. [https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/a-monolith-appeared-near-sunset-point-in-arizona-jan-2022/75-55ad1670-d7c1-4e21-925f-d6c7c250f90f](https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/a-monolith-appeared-near-sunset-point-in-arizona-jan-2022/75-55ad1670-d7c1-4e21-925f-d6c7c250f90f) > **[Mysterious monoliths are appearing across the world. Here’s what we know.](https://www.vox.com/culture/22062796/monoliths-utah-california-romania)** > > We don’t know where the mysterious monoliths come from. But we do know they’re art. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/5 "2024-06-18T15:45:26Z")
Related thread from 2020. > [@Mysterious 2001-like monolith discovered in Utah](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-2001-like-monolith-discovered-in-utah/926298): > > It’s probably an artwork, but we should probably find out if it’s transmitting a signal to Jupiter. Yes, I’m aware that this object is metallic, and therefore not actually a monolith. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/6 "2024-06-18T15:45:47Z")
I’d like to hear from an actual observer. Any one from \*Nevada on the Dope who could go look? (\*I said it properly) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/7 "2024-06-18T15:50:09Z")
It’s in pretty remote lands, near Gass Peak. Not easy to get to. (I’m in California, not Nevada) Added: as the crow flies I’m 380 miles from Gass Peak. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/8 "2024-06-18T15:53:12Z")
Take a bullet for us @bullitt We’re counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/9 "2024-06-18T16:02:30Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > There a documentary about this. This one? [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/The_Monolith_Monsters.jpg/800px-The_Monolith_Monsters.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/The_Monolith_Monsters.jpg/800px-The_Monolith_Monsters.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/10 "2024-06-18T16:43:52Z")
There’s another one. But I love The Monolith Monsters in the category of bad enough to be good movies. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/11 "2024-06-18T16:46:27Z")
Oh! I think I saw that recently on Svengooli. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/12 "2024-06-18T17:55:19Z")
i first saw that as a kid on a fuzzy black&white TV. It’s less than a hour and half long so they stuck in tons of lame commercials. I thought it was really cool when I was like 8. Took years before I ever saw it again to find out how bad it was. Heard talk of a remake sometime ago, could done well I guess but they need something better than the original ending where all it took to stop the monoliths was salt. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/13 "2024-06-18T18:32:53Z")
Aaaaacccckkk. My life confounds me. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/14 "2024-06-18T18:41:49Z")
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EARTH. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/15 "2024-06-18T18:51:09Z")
Is it really a single block, or just some sheets attached together in that shape? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/16 "2024-06-18T19:13:41Z")
No tracks or donkey trails, no metal shavings or lost tools, no drone shots, any hikers anywhere witness anything? Leave no trace except for large art. Is it secure to the ground, it’s bound to get graffiti ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/17 "2024-06-18T21:27:53Z")
Sorry. Got too many “polyliths” (_Hey, looks cromulent to me_) of my own to tend to. ---
**Author:** ![ThisOneGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@ThisOneGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisOneGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/18 "2024-06-18T23:42:16Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Is it really a single block, or just some sheets attached together in that shape? When they took the Utah one down it was found to be welded stainless steel sheet. Which gets me wondering if metal should count for the “lith” part. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/19 "2024-06-19T04:31:13Z")
You did! I saw that, too. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014/20 "2024-06-19T07:03:08Z")
The first monolith I heard about was the one in Utah and I remember thinking “gee, somebody sure worked hard to have a little bit of fun.” But after a week the joke wears off, and then there’s no more fun left. And copycat jokes are even less fun. I don’t get it. Therefor, obviously, it’s aliens. Ahhh,…That makes it fun again. But it still seems like too much hard work. . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-monolith-in-nevada/1003014.md?page=2)