If you’re the kind of person that lends an ear to alien theories, today is a good day: UFO buzz is picking up after a second monolith of supposed alien origins has popped up in Europe.
Just as news spread that the first structure of its kind, discovered almost two weeks ago in the desert in Utah, had gone missing from its original site, a new one was discovered way across in Romania. Situated on the hill Batca Doamnei just outside the city of Piatra Neamt, close to the ancient remains of the Petrodava Dacian Fortress, this second monolith was rougher and clearly more hastily put together.
“Was,” because it’s gone now. News of the discovery was made public on November 27 and, by November 30 and the first snow, it had already vanished. You can see a video of it at the bottom of the page; the second video is of the location after the 3.9-meter (13-foot) monolith was removed.
There are very clear differences between this structure and the one found in Utah, namely that this work is clearly less polished, which would hint at a rushed time of delivery. The first monolith was riveted, and this one is welded. The Romanian one is also marked with squiggles throughout, seems to be missing the upper part/cover, and was dug into the ground, whereas the OG one was drilled into the rocky bed.
But there’s no denying the similarities: both are made of three sheets of aluminum put together to make a hollow triangle-shaped construction, both are placed in relatively remote locations, and both are in areas where they shouldn’t be.Were, actually.
“We have started looking into the strange appearance of the monolith,” Rocsana Josanu of the Neamt Culture and Heritage Department tells Euro Weekly. “It is on private property, but we still don’t know who the monolith’s owner is yet. It is in a protected area on an archaeological site. Before installing something there, they needed permission from our institution, one that must then be approved by the Ministry of Culture.”
Given this second appearance (and disappearance) of such a mysterious structure, UFO buzz is picking up. That said, more likely than the fact that aliens are dropping clues for us is that this is some type of art installation, probably even very smart PR work. 2020 is weird enough as it is.
Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends. Full profile
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