Quick comments:

The shadows don't look right for winter months; I would assume photo was taken in summer months as sun appears high. No date given, but we get this from coast to coast:

My brother just returned from a trip to the Sedona area of Arizona, in which he and his fiancé, on a trip to the Grand Canyon by airplane, witnessed an object (full image and close-up below) laying on the desert floor, as I understand it, about 50 miles from Sedona. The pilot pointed it out to him. He had been flying over the same area for years and had never seen it before. He said that he had reported it to the authorities and was grilled by a variety of "agents."

I can't be completely certain due to the framing/cropping of the image, but the well-worn road seems to terminate at the object, with possible signs of additional wear from foot traffic around it.

Given the relative size of the object, the aircraft must have been pretty low and moving slowly. Additionally/alternatively, the photographer probably would have needed a camera (lens) with a zoom/telephoto of 5x or greater. Note that there is no evidence of window reflection or blurring in the image.

Object displays highlights consistant with a metallic finish, possibly galvanized. There is some evidence of what appears to be a burnt or otherwise disturbed area just beyond the object, but not of a sufficient scale consistent with any kind of hard landing, as intervening vegetation (creosote bush?) does not appear to be disturbed.

My best guess: some odd man-made fixture, with possible deception on the part of those submitting the photo.

S