Photo: Las Vegas police found a mysterious giant pillar in the Nevada desert. \Associated Press

According to the Associated Press: A mysterious mirrored giant pillar was recently discovered near a mountain in the Nevada desert, reminiscent of the monolith in the sci-fi movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”. On the 18th, the Las Vegas police posted a photo of the mysterious giant pillar on social media, sparking heated discussions among netizens.

The pillar is a tall, rectangular, reflective object about an hour’s drive from Las Vegas. It juts out from the rocks, reflecting the surrounding desert landscape. Las Vegas police said its search and rescue team found the pillar last weekend. Some netizens excitedly expressed their desire to go on a field trip, and some speculated that it might be a mark left by an alien spacecraft. But others thought it was just a prank by an artist.

Since 2020, similar mysterious objects have appeared in many places around the world. In November 2020, a giant metal pillar about 3.6 meters high appeared in the desert of Utah, USA. Subsequently, similar objects appeared in Romania, California, Wales, UK, etc., but all mysterious objects disappeared mysteriously shortly after they appeared. So far, people still don’t know where these mysterious objects come from.

The Utah pillar appeared in a very remote area, and the local government did not immediately publish its coordinates to prevent curious people from getting lost or trapped in their quest to find out. However, many tourists still managed to find the pillar, and their vehicles damaged the vegetation along the way and left a lot of garbage. Two extreme sports enthusiasts said that the damage caused by tourists to the environment prompted them to push down the pillar at night.