A monolith who mysteriously appeared in Turkey before disappearing on Tuesday appears to be a publicity stunt linked to the country’s newly announced space program.
The ten-foot metal plate, with the phrase “Look at the sky, you will see the moon” in ancient Turkish script, was discovered Friday by a farmer in Sanliurfa province.
By Tuesday morning, the glittering structure had disappeared and surprised the residents.
“We do not know if it was placed on my field for marketing purposes or as an advertisement,” farmer Fuat Demirdil told the state-run Anadolu Agency.
“Residents cannot solve the mystery of the metal block,” he added.
But the mystery was solved later that day when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected an image of the monolith on a screen when he announced the country’s new space program.
“I now present to you the 10-year vision, strategy and goals, and I say, ‘look at the sky, you will see the moon,’ Erdogan said during a televised event.
Erdogan’s use of the structure and the phrase affixed to it during his announcement made it clear that the appearance of the monolith was part of a gimmick.
It was just the latest in a series of recent incidents where similar structures have appeared and disappeared in numerous countries.
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