My God, it's full of stars

[canpakes]

What's wrong with the obvious explanation: that it was delivered thousands of years ago by a mysterious alien civilisation with a message to mankind saying that Trump really won the election?

Maybe it’s full of ballots.

[Chap]

What's wrong with the obvious explanation: that it was delivered thousands of years ago by a mysterious alien civilisation with a message to mankind saying that Trump really won the election?

Maybe it’s full of ballots.

Damn. I was hoping we could spin this thread out by a few more posts before some party pooper like you walked all over it in his muddy boots.

Back to the dull old real world ...

[Jersey Girl]

What's wrong with the obvious explanation: that it was delivered thousands of years ago by a mysterious alien civilisation with a message to mankind saying that Trump really won the election?

Maybe it’s full of ballots.

[DrW]

Seriously, the only question is how long ago this little puzzle was set up. Let's take a sample of the metal, which is certain to be an alloy widely available in commerce (which ought to deal with the 'alien visitors' crap), and while we are at it look at the cement with which it is bedded into the rock. That will likewise tell a dull story of stuff you can buy in any building supplies store. And so on.

No need to deface the alien artifact by taking a sample. A battery operated handheld XRF metal analyser held up to the object will allow identification of pretty much any pure metal, or simple alloy, from magnesium to uranium.

Reference spectra for Vibranium and Unobtanium are not yet available.

[Some Schmo]

Unobtanium

That word made me laugh all by itself. It's all the more entertaining, after googling the word, finding out you didn't actually make it up like I thought you did.

[DrW]

Unobtanium

That word made me laugh all by itself. It's all the more entertaining, after googling the word, finding out you didn't actually make it up like I thought you did.

Thanks for the thought, but I'm not that smart.

[canpakes]

Maybe it’s full of ballots.

Damn. I was hoping we could spin this thread out by a few more posts before some party pooper like you walked all over it in his muddy boots.

Back to the dull old real world ...

Hey, now. I waited until our adorable bird member made the first election-related post. Don’t you go tryin’ to twist my ear on this one. : D

[honorentheos]

Am I the only one who looked at the gap in the rocks and small channel and thought that had to be part of it? I'm assuming whoever put it out there had it aligned so the shadow placement matters. Now, could be that an inter-dimensional portal opens when the sun angle causes the shadow to hit just the right spot...and that it's timed to a shift in the tilt of the earth so it could have been there since the flood receded and the grand canyon was carved 5,000 years ago or so.

[Moksha]

Rather than a committee writing in Early Modern English, a critical study could be commissioned by the Interpreter Foundation to explore the possibility of the monolith being the source of the Book of Mormon. Dr. Royal Skousen could be appointed the lead investigator.

[MeDotOrg]

For fans of 2001, try watching the video of Utah, but open another Youtube window and play the audio of Kubrick's Lygetti adaptation from 2001. They work well together.