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A Mystery in the Desert: The Massive Mojave ‘Megaphone’

Justin GurkinicbyJustin Gurkinic
April 5, 2019 - Updated on March 29, 2022
in Unsolved Mysteries
Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.

Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.

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No one knows what its purpose is or was. But there’s a massive megaphone in the middle of “nowhere.”

It sits in the middle of the desert, tightly bolted onto two rocks that sit on a 100-foot hill, placed in the remote desert not far from the towns of Baker and Ludlow.

But why would anyone attach a massive megaphone in the middle of the desert?

Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.
Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.

What was its purpose? Did it serve as an old warning system? Was it part of a secretive weapon? Was it a prank? Or did little green men drop it off before returning to the cosmos?

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People who visit the area have searched for explanations about its origin and purpose. Still, neither tourists nor historians are able to find a satisfactory explanation that would solve the mystery being this massive object. The weird object measures just over 8 feet in length and is estimated to weigh over 200 kilograms.

Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.
Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.

One theory says that the US military installed the megaphone as a sirene amplifier to warn locals when the military was performing tests in the area. (That explanation makes the most sense).

Another theory says that it was part of a weird ritual and that people would gather around it worshiping mysterious entities.

Others say it was just a prank, and someone thought it would be a great idea to place the ‘dysfunctional’ artifact in the middle of the desert, so people like us would write about and theorize about its possible ‘otherworldly origins.’

Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.
Image Credit: The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company.

But the object may have had some sort of use. Some believe that the massive megaphone acted like a gigantic musical instrument and that people would attach animal skin or similar type of fabric to one end, using it as a massive drum.

The Google Earth coordinates for the “megaphone” (latitude and longitude) are 35° 0’19.44″N 116° 11’47.04″W.


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Justin Gurkinic

Justin Gurkinic

Hey, my name is Justin, and my friends call me Gurk. Why? Becuase of my last name. It sounds like a vegetable. Kind of. I love sleeping and writing. History is my thing.

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