It's Full of Stars!

 So, wildlife officers counting bighorn sheep found something they didn't expect.

A monolith.

Yes.

Uh.

A three meter tall, shiny metal monolith.

It's not actually full of stars, but nobody has any idea how it got there and nobody seems to be willing to admit to having put it there.

There are three likely theories:

1. Aliens. Which we all know it isn't.

2. It's art. Somebody thought it would be neat. If it is art, then it is similar to the work of an artist named John McCracken, who died in 2011. But he didn't live in Utah. A copycat?

3. Somebody was filming a movie without permission and could afford to get this massive prop out there...and then ran out of money and couldn't get it back. Movie makers are notorious for leaving unusual litter.

I like #3, think it's most likely #2, but...

...it could be aliens.

(Note that the park service have asked people not to go hunting for it because they're worried people will, ya know, die).