The monolith from “2001, A Space Odyssey”.

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MARY EVANS / SIPA

A mystery that amused social networks.

After a similar discovery in a desert in the western United States, it was on a hill in Romania that a metal monolith appeared before volatilizing.

Last week, local media published pictures of the four-meter-high pillar in the Neamt region in the northeast of the country. “We were surprised, to say the least, to discover a metal structure covered with spiral patterns, ”explains the Jurnal FM radio station on its website.

“Why in Neamt?

Why now ?

"

Without the precedent of the US state of Utah, where a sparkling triangular prism was discovered in mid-November by local officials, the information would likely have gone unnoticed in the international press, said a radio reporter. Cirprian Solomon.

“There are a lot of unanswered questions: why in Neamt?

Why now ?

», He adds.

If the Romanian press took little interest in the matter, social networks gave it their all.

In a video posted on Facebook, a man quipped about what he described as a vulgar reproduction of the Utah monolith: "In reality, it is only an old piece of junk that someone has put there", can we hear him say.

Similarities with "2001, a Space Odyssey"

"We are not even able to make a proper replica," Alexandru wrote, while others noted the obvious presence of solder marks.

As in Utah, "the monolith disappeared on Monday, just as mysteriously as it had appeared," Jurnal FM said.

The discovery in the American desert had gone viral on the internet, with many noting similarities to the bizarre alien monoliths greatly accelerating humanity's progress in the sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey," a film by Stanley Kubrick and a novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

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