How the Object was Discovered in the 1950s and Dismissed
Near the city of Dogubeyazit in far eastern Turkey is the site of a strange, boat-shaped formation. It was discovered in the 1950s when NATO conducted an aerial survey of the region looking for Soviet missile bases during the cold war. Turkish photo analyst, Captain Ilhan Durupinar, noticed the strange object in the photo (seen below left) and brought it to the attention of his superiors. He believed it could not be a natural formation. Word spread and an expedition from the United States went to examine it. The story made headlines when Life Magazine featured a story on the expedition:
The expedition blew holes in the object but saw nothing they recognized and came away with the conclusion that there was nothing of any archaeological interest there.
Renewed Interest in 1977 by American Ron Wyatt
Soon, it was forgotten- until 1977 when American, Ron Wyatt, who had read the 1960 Life Magazine article, managed to save enough money to travel to the site and see it for himself. By then, no one even remembered where it was.
He believed it was the most likely candidate for the remains of Noah’s Ark for 2 main reasons. One was the size. The article stated that it was “about” 500 feet long. He concluded that Noah’s Ark would have been a little over 500 feet long because the cubit stated in Genesis would have been the Royal Egyptian Cubit of 20.6 inches since there was no Hebrew cubit at that time. The other reason was that it was located in the “mountains” plural, of Ararat (Urartu) instead of the recent volcanic Mount Ararat where everyone else was looking.
In 1977, Ron Wyatt, my late husband, first went to examine the site. At that time, the object was surrounded by earth and only the top was visible.
1978 Earthquake Revealed More Evidence
In late 1978, an earthquake in the region dropped the soil around it and the sides were visible.
At this time, Ron was the only person interested in the site. When he returned in 1979 after learning about the earthquake, he was amazed at what he saw- it looked like an ancient ship wreck with ribs visible around the sides.
The “ribs” along the sides:
The earthquake had also caused a crack along the entire length of the site and he took measurements of the internal depth and took small specimens.
He measured the length and discovered it was 515 feet long. The Biblical record states that Noah’s Ark was 300 cubits. 300 Royal Egyptian Cubits is exactly 515 feet. This was a fact impossible to ignore.
Metal Detector Scans Reveal Pattern of Internal Structure
The next evidence to be considered is the pattern of metal readings on the entire object that are not found outside of the object. In 1984, with a deep-probe metal detector provided to him by White’s Electronics, Ron discovered a pattern of metal readings on the surface of the object.
A massive ship would need metal fittings to hold the ship together and the Bible gives evidence that the knowledge of metallurgy was well established by the time of Noah. The Biblical account tells of Tubal Cain who was the 7th generation from Adam and well before the time of Noah: And Zillah, she also bare Tubal Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron. Genesis 4:22.
Soon others took interest in the site and joined the research. In 1985, a complete metal detector scan was performed and rocks were placed at every metal reading. Then tapes were used to connect the readings.
The readings showed a pattern of damage to the western side where it appeared that the object had been impaled on a massive outcropping of limestone.
Radar Scans Also Reveal Internal Structure
In 1986, sub-surface interface radar showed a pattern of structure within the object.
Tests of specimen from the site yielded evidence of fossilized objects with organic carbon. This proved that the objects being tested had been once-living, such as wood.
In December of 1986, Turkey announced to the world their decision, that this site is the remains of the great ship of Noah. They held a dedication ceremony in June of 1987 in which Ron Wyatt was the invited guest of honor, due to his 10 years of research on the site which proved to them that the site was truly the massive ship which preserved the lives of Noah and his family.
1987- Official Dedication of Noah's Ark
The ceremony consisted of a ground-breaking for the visitors center to be built directly about the site.
Startling Evidence Revealed at the Dedication
At the dedication ceremony, the Governor of Agri, Sevket Ekinci, asked Ron to demonstrate the radar for the Turkish dignitaries and television. As Ron scanned, an image appeared on the radar readout that Ron told the men looked like a timber just beneath the surface. He had never been allowed to dig on the site, only do non-destructive investigation. But Gov. Ekinci ordered a soldier to dig right where Ron told him to dig.
What emerged was a petrified specimen of a timber that had been broken on one end and the other end was clearly the finished end of a long timber. It had been broken prior to being fossilized.
Sectioning of the specimen showed it to consist of 5 internal layers of wood. The finished end displayed what looked like pitch or bitumen oozing out from the end. This specimen appeared to be laminated wood, like our plywood today only much, much larger.
2014 Resistivity Scans Reveal Massive Ship-Shape Under the Earth!
In 2014, John Larsen of New Zealand obtained a permit to do a thorough resistivity scan of the entire site. Resistivity scanning can provide much deeper information than ground penetrating radar and provide 3-D images of what lies beneath the surface of the earth.
In October of 2014, John, assisted by Randall Lee (my husband and Dania Demirci’s father) performed the scans. The results showed what clearly looked like the remains of a massive ship wreck under the earth.
This article only touches on a small amount of the evidence and we want to encourage you to visit! But before you go, I highly recommend that you watch the following videos which contain most of the research and evidences. these will help you to know what you are looking at and what to look for!!
Additional Resources:
To see more of the evidence;
To see the resistivity scans being performed:
To see a detailed reports of the results of the scans:
Welcome to the Ron Wyatt Archives. I'm Mary Nell (Ron's wife) and this site will attempt to fully document Ron Wyatt's work and discoveries. This website will be an ongoing project to document his work on all his various discoveries. Please check back often as new things will be added constantly.
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