Still, whoever is behind the Lansing monolith identifies the Kentwood structure as a peer. “There will be more visitors in various forms to your planet,” the post said. “Locations are yet undetermined, but our mission is one of kindness.” The monolith that set off this trend was discovered in Utah in November when state biologists were conducting a sheep survey and noticed a large, shiny triangular prism hanging out in the middle of the desert. Satellite data later suggested that the nearly 10-foot tall monolith must have been placed there sometime in 2015 or 2016. The mystery of the Utah monolith inspired people around the world to wonder whether it was art, the work of aliens or maybe some kind of marketing campaign.