by A.P.
The huge structure – reminiscent of the famous monolith from Stanley Kubrick movie 2001 – was spotted by a helicopter pilot and scientists in the Utah desert, sparking a range of theories about how it go there
Mystery surrounds a huge metal monolith found in a US desert by scientists counting sheep.
The experts saw the strange object – reminiscent of the monolith made famous in Stanley Kubrick movie 2001 – while flying over Utah on Wednesday and decided to investigate.
The structure is believed to be man made, approximately 12ft tall, planted deep in the ground and made of a shiny metal, setting it off from the red rock around it.
Pilot Bret Hutchings, who was flying the helicopter when they spotted it, spoke to local news channel KSLTV, saying: