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For NordVPN's 9th birthday, every purchase of a 2-year plan will get you 1 additional month free AND a surprise gift. Go to https://www.nordvpn.com/brew, and use code Brew! Uploaded 12-02-21 In November 2020, an alien monolith straight out of Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey appeared in Utah, and the world could not get enough of it. Was it really a piece of space-age alien tech, sent here by mysterious extraterrestrial benefactors? Or is the answer to this mystery a little closer to home? Let’s get into it. Sources: [The Monolith In Utah] https://dpsnews.utah.gov/dps-aero-bureau-encounters-monolith-in-red-rock-country/ https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-disappears-style-trnd/index.html https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/24/21656223/mysterious-utah-monolith-osint-google-earth-tracking https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/jzkpad/helicopter_pilot_finds_strange_monolith_in_remote/gdd108v/ https://globalnews.ca/news/7492174/utah-monolith-moved-vanished-gone/ https://twitter.com/BLMUtah/status/1333207303852613632 https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOOkwMBkAS/?hl=en https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/arts/design/utah-monolith-removed-instagram.html https://youtu.be/r6c2EhNtSj4 https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/12/02/utah-monolith-meet-men-who-say-they-removed/3801909001/ https://www.instagram.com/sylvanslacks/ https://www.instagram.com/sketchyandylewis/ https://twitter.com/BLMUtah/status/1331371860697628672 [2nd Monolith: Romania] https://globalnews.ca/news/7493097/utah-monolith-romania/ http://stiripiatraneamt.ro/2020/11/constructie-ciudata-pe-un-deal-de-langa-piatra-neamt-video/ https://youtu.be/O6hssGYKcE0 https://www.ziarpiatraneamt.ro/dupa-cel-din-utah-si-monolitul-metalic-din-romania-batca-doamnei-a-disparut-la-fel-de-misterios-cum-a-aparut [3rd Monolith: California] https://www.insider.com/third-monolith-found-california-matches-utah-romania-2020-12 https://bit.ly/3781pxL https://streamable.com/1sngc0 https://atascaderonews.com/news/mystery-obelisk-appears-on-pine-mountain/ https://atascaderonews.com/news/vandals-remove-object-from-pine-mountain/ [Who Made The Monolith?] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/arts/design/john-mccracken-utah-monolith.html https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/john-mccracken https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142778278/john-harvey-mccracken https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWt8IlFZ2b/ https://www.themostfamousartist.com/maas/edition-of-3 https://www.instagram.com/themostfamousartist https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/monolith-mystery-solved-artist-claims-he-made-alien-structures/ https://youtu.be/j-pKKM6CXr0 [How Many Monoliths Are There?] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2020_monoliths https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mysterious-gingerbread-monolith-appears-in-san-francisco-1.5245216 https://twitter.com/aprilzero/status/1342501538099445767 https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/hungarian-meme-star-hide-the-pain-harold-poses-with-new-monolith-that-popped-up-in-budapest-3182411.html https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10218424654194359&set=pb.1433796096.-2207520000..&type=3 https://youtu.be/dG9A6_ijSIM [Other Sources] https://youtu.be/oR_e9y-bka0 https://youtu.be/cHWs3c3YNs4 https://youtu.be/oU4Rk0NATNs https://youtu.be/1NBfZcNU4O0 https://youtu.be/0cnmicg-m0w https://youtu.be/jHh2JRAGBa0 https://youtu.be/B27IVs9-U-Y https://youtu.be/r6c2EhNtSj4 https://youtu.be/O6hssGYKcE0 https://youtu.be/ALfJyudUaCI https://youtu.be/j-pKKM6CXr0 https://youtu.be/WB8LrCWmGYw https://youtu.be/aRY4fxPMiR0 https://youtu.be/WRZba7AoCbA https://youtu.be/nqZ_Cb2slBw https://youtu.be/1gpXMGit4P8 https://youtu.be/XCojP2Ubuto https://youtu.be/p35f2Xzq0Co https://youtu.be/VBT68a56s70 https://youtu.be/dG9A6_ijSIM [Brew’s intro song] Manhattan Twist by Avocado Junkie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Uploaded 12-02-21

In November 2020, an alien monolith straight out of Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey appeared in Utah, and the world could not get enough of it. Was it really a piece of space-age alien tech, sent here by mysterious extraterrestrial benefactors? Or is the answer to this mystery a little closer to home? Let’s get into it.

Sources:

[The Monolith In Utah]
https://dpsnews.utah.gov/dps-aero-bureau-encounters-monolith-in-red-rock-country/
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/utah-monolith-disappears-style-trnd/index.html
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/24/21656223/mysterious-utah-monolith-osint-google-earth-tracking
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/jzkpad/helicopter_pilot_finds_strange_monolith_in_remote/gdd108v/
https://globalnews.ca/news/7492174/utah-monolith-moved-vanished-gone/
https://twitter.com/BLMUtah/status/1333207303852613632
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIOOkwMBkAS/?hl=en
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/arts/design/utah-monolith-removed-instagram.html
https://youtu.be/r6c2EhNtSj4
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/12/02/utah-monolith-meet-men-who-say-they-removed/3801909001/
https://www.instagram.com/sylvanslacks/
https://www.instagram.com/sketchyandylewis/
https://twitter.com/BLMUtah/status/1331371860697628672

[2nd Monolith: Romania]
https://globalnews.ca/news/7493097/utah-monolith-romania/
http://stiripiatraneamt.ro/2020/11/constructie-ciudata-pe-un-deal-de-langa-piatra-neamt-video/
https://youtu.be/O6hssGYKcE0
https://www.ziarpiatraneamt.ro/dupa-cel-din-utah-si-monolitul-metalic-din-romania-batca-doamnei-a-disparut-la-fel-de-misterios-cum-a-aparut

[3rd Monolith: California]
https://www.insider.com/third-monolith-found-california-matches-utah-romania-2020-12
https://bit.ly/3781pxL
https://streamable.com/1sngc0
https://atascaderonews.com/news/mystery-obelisk-appears-on-pine-mountain/
https://atascaderonews.com/news/vandals-remove-object-from-pine-mountain/

[Who Made The Monolith?]
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/arts/design/john-mccracken-utah-monolith.html
https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/john-mccracken
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142778278/john-harvey-mccracken
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIWt8IlFZ2b/
https://www.themostfamousartist.com/maas/edition-of-3
https://www.instagram.com/themostfamousartist
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/monolith-mystery-solved-artist-claims-he-made-alien-structures/
https://youtu.be/j-pKKM6CXr0

[How Many Monoliths Are There?]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2020_monoliths
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/mysterious-gingerbread-monolith-appears-in-san-francisco-1.5245216
https://twitter.com/aprilzero/status/1342501538099445767
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/hungarian-meme-star-hide-the-pain-harold-poses-with-new-monolith-that-popped-up-in-budapest-3182411.html
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10218424654194359&set=pb.1433796096.-2207520000..&type=3
https://youtu.be/dG9A6_ijSIM

[Other Sources]
https://youtu.be/oR_e9y-bka0
https://youtu.be/cHWs3c3YNs4
https://youtu.be/oU4Rk0NATNs
https://youtu.be/1NBfZcNU4O0
https://youtu.be/0cnmicg-m0w
https://youtu.be/jHh2JRAGBa0
https://youtu.be/B27IVs9-U-Y
https://youtu.be/r6c2EhNtSj4
https://youtu.be/O6hssGYKcE0
https://youtu.be/ALfJyudUaCI
https://youtu.be/j-pKKM6CXr0
https://youtu.be/WB8LrCWmGYw
https://youtu.be/aRY4fxPMiR0
https://youtu.be/WRZba7AoCbA
https://youtu.be/nqZ_Cb2slBw
https://youtu.be/1gpXMGit4P8
https://youtu.be/XCojP2Ubuto
https://youtu.be/p35f2Xzq0Co
https://youtu.be/VBT68a56s70
https://youtu.be/dG9A6_ijSIM

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