In recent weeks, several monoliths have appeared in countries as diverse as the United States, France, Romania and Poland.

Works little by little claimed by artistic collectives or by companies in search of publicity. 

These various appearances had aroused curiosity and recalled Kubrick's famous film,

2001, A Space Odyssey

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This week, a mysterious metal monolith appeared on a bank of the Vistula in Warsaw.

Other similar objects had previously been seen in the United States, Romania, or even France.  

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The beginning of the story dates back to last month in the United States, specifically in Utah.

A three-meter-high triangular monolith suddenly opens up to the eyes of a group of scientists flying over the canyons.

On site, the desert setting, the isolation of the place ... everything brings to mind the opening scene of Kubrick's film, when the monkeys discover the mysterious alien object.

And above all, then there is no explanation.  

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The runaway on social networks

Nobody understands anything, and the Internet and social networks are racing, especially since since then, metal structures have been growing like mushrooms: Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, England, but also in France. , in Le Havre, in Deux-Sèvres, and in recent days in Toulouse.

But ultimately, the phenomenon disappoints.

If in the film, the object had an allegorical function, with an extraterrestrial origin influencing human evolution, there, the works are gradually claimed by artistic collectives or by companies wishing to make a publicity stunt.

Decidedly, the monolith remains much more beautiful on a screen.