---
title: "The Second Monolith Has Now Also Disappeared"
description: "A second mysterious monolith that was spotted near a famous archeological site in northern Romania has disappeared, Reuters reports."
date: "2020-12-02"
modified: "2020-12-02"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/the-second-monolith-has-now-also-disappeared"
categories:
  - "Robots and Machines"
tags:
  - "the digest"
---

# The Second Monolith Has Now Also Disappeared

![A second mysterious monolith that was spotted near a famous archeological site in northern Romania has disappeared, Reuters reports.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the-second-monolith-has-now-also-disappeared.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: STIRI PIATRA NEAMT\</em\>*

## X-Files 2.0

*Reuters* [reports that](<https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2IH0QK>) the [second mysterious monolith](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/mysterious-monolith-romania>), spotted near an archeological site in northern Romania, has disappeared.

If you're keeping count, that's the second mysterious metal monolith that has disappeared without a trace recently. Last week, [a monolith](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-discover-mysterious-metal-monolith-wilderness>) spotted in the Utah wilderness [also disappeared](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/mystery-monolith-disappears>) — in what some open-minded folks would call an alien abduction.

As it later turned out, however, it was [a gang of four men](<https://futurism.com/men-apparently-stole-monolith>), who ripped the installation out of the ground and carried it away in a wheelbarrow.

## Second Intervention

And now, Romania has lost *its* monolith as well.

"The 2.8 metre \[nine feet\] tall structure disappeared overnight as quietly as it was erected last week," local journalist Robert Iosub told *Reuters*.

It certainly was lacking the finish of the monolith discovered in Utah.

"An unidentified person, apparently a bad local welder, made it... now all that remains is just a small hole covered by rocky soil," Iosub said.

**READ MORE:** [Mystery monolith vanishes in Romania - alien action or local prank?](<https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N2IH0QK>) \[*Reuters*\]

**More on the monolith:** *[Reports Emerge of Second Mysterious Monolith in Romania](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/mysterious-monolith-romania>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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