Photographer confirms... Mysterious Monolith in Utah Desert was removed by group of four people.

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 Photographers captured removal of the mysterious Utah monolith. Here's why it vanished. 


A three-sided metal column discovered embedded in Utah's remote Red Rock Country has reportedly vanished without a trace.
ASSOCIATED PRESS, USA TODAY

So it wasn't aliens that removed Utah's mysterious monolith, after all.

Human beings were responsible for removing that 10-foot metal monolith, which garnered international attention after it was discovered Nov. 18 embedded in Utah's remote Red Rock Country and went viral before vanishing without a trace over the weekend.

Days after the structure disappeared, travel photographer Ross Bernards revealed he was on site when four unidentified men showed up to remove the now-world-famous monolith. Bernards' friend, Mike Newlands, was also witness to the removal. A few days later, he spoke with one of the men responsible for the removal who reached out asking for the photos Newlands took of them carrying the monolith away.

"They took it away for a few reasons," Newlands told USA TODAY on Tuesday. "It’s litter – public lands are to be respected, and this was out of place, in a pristine and sensitive environment." 

Mike Newlands and Ross Bernards were among a group who witnessed four men removing Utah's mysterious 10-foot metal monolith.
Mike Newlands and Ross Bernards were among a group who witnessed four men removing Utah's mysterious 10-foot metal monolith.
MIKE NEWLANDS

Plus, the monolith was in a secluded area of the desert, only accessible through a 4-by-4 dirt road with no designated parking area. It had become a major attraction and "with the amount of people who are not familiar with desert landscapes, the damage to the land from all the vehicles and people was going to be disastrous," he added, noting the group returned to the location the next morning to find dozens of cars and a plane. Bernards attributed the popularity of the monolith in part to the coronavirus pandemic 

keeping people at home and bored but also to the obvious shock factor. It was "pretty unique and random for something like this to just pop up in the desert," he wrote in an email to USA TODAY. 


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