"THE FUTURE IS NOW..." "There's a real soft place in the earth right under on jun 16 1987 Ron Wyatt and a film crew from the United States of America traveled to Eastern Turkey at the express invitation of the governor of the Turkish province of Ari." "Purpose of this expedition was to participate in and film a ceremony which memorialized and commemorated a site located on Cessna dog mountain, known locally as Doomsday mountain as the landing site of Noah's Ark." "The ceremony was the culmination of 10 years of meticulous pains taking often dangerous research by Ron and his associates." "On the historic occasion of June twentieth nineteen eighty-seven, the governor of Ari has announced to the world the Turkish archaeological authorities agree with Ron's findings that the area under investigation is indeed the landing site of the legendary Ark." "The governor, key military officials, local officials and police have gathered in preparation for the ceremony." "Due to ron's contributions and efforts he has made a guest of honor and is asked to actively participate in the dedication of the site." "Visitors center is soon to be built and construction plans are well underway." "Watching as the governor completes the dedication speech the ceremony is completed with the Holy Sacrifice of a lamb." "As each participant shovels commemorative concrete into the first footing, a prayer is set for the lambs blood to cleanse the earth and keep the area free from people." "The governor has made the area and international park, and all faiths of the world are made welcome to visit and gaze upon what they believe to be, the mortal remains..." "of Noah's Ark." "Noah's Ark found?" "This saga began in 1977 when Ron began investigating a mysterious boat shaped object which had been areally photographed by a turkish air force reconnaissance pilot while on a routine photo survey mission." "The pilot lieutenant A. Curtiss took these photographs from an altitude of 10,000 feet approximately 12 miles from mount Ararat." "They were examined by a Turkish captain assigned to photo interpretation who spotted the symmetrical boat shape and what appeared at the time to be a lava flow." "As a result a team of Turkish explorers and researchers examine the object, and discovered that its dimensions were indeed near those of the arc as stated in the Bible." "Most particularly those of the length." "In 1960 news of the photos reach the United States, and soon caught the attention of a group of scientists and explorers known as the archeological Research Foundation." "A second expedition to the site was soon formed under the ages of Turkish military officers, in a joint turkish-american exploratory endeavor." "included in the American team was businessman Wilbur Bishop, who provided this footage of the 1960s expedition." "The trip toga version started of course and Ankara." "We Fools the turkish airlines to to his room, and there I rented a fit station wagon" "and if we went from there to talk about it the Turkish people knew what we what we want what we're talking about a question we went by there" "man over to this camp which is right near the entrance to Persia, and there we go horseback or will the side." "The American team journeyed to the site accompanied by the Turkish soldiers." "Upon reaching the site Wilbur gives us the teens reactions concerning the first viewing of the object." "Well, we got off the horses and look down and see it right from that was about against that 500 feet from the side... side of the hill walk down from there we had to... jump several crevices in there from the earthquakes happen" "I love starting with a boat." "So we left when we didn't find any... timber or anything while we figured it was there." "Also with the American team was dr." "Arthur Brandenburger a stereo photogrammetry expert." "After studying the object and comparing the measurements to those in the aerial photos he was quoted as saying," ""I have no doubt at all that the object is a ship."" ""In my entire career, I have never seen an object like this on a stereo photo"." "However the rest of the team aren't convinced." "So due to the lack of finding evidence to match their hopes and expectations they prepare to blow a hole in the side of the object." "Course we took a movie of trying to explode and part of it out" "I asked the carboxyl if he had some dynamite he says no but we got plenty of black powder," "and so I told him go get it maybe we got it and blow a hole in, and later I found out now that that was... one of the Timbers right there we could we didn't recognize it." "The team sets the explosive, and following the blast still finds nothing that they recognized as evidence which would convince them or others that the ship shaped object is the fabled Dark." "Again finding nothing to bolster their waiting enthusiasm they abandoned their quest and the site and return home." "On 5th september 1960," "Life magazine reported briefly the results of the expedition after which interest in the object generated by the quest lanes." "And it slips into obscurity, to be forgotten and written off as one of nature's frites, until the 1977 examinations by Ron Wyatt began." "Ron is a nurse anesthetist, and currently practices at Memorial Hospital of Nashville Tennessee." "Had become intrigued by the object when the Life magazine article of 1960 caught his attention." "However Ron had family and career obligations to meet and had to satisfy his yearning for adventure by studying and reading." "he spent countless hours researching and studying the various sciences particularly geology and archaeology in preparation for the time when he could break free and begin actual field exploration of the boat shaped object and the surrounding area." "We at that point in time begin to do a lot of research background research on the probable landing site of Noah's Ark and review the existing stories about people that claim to have seen the arc on the mountain and nearby areas." "During his studies," "Ron discoveries there are over 200 accounts of a universal global flood has made record of by various cultures assorted myths legends and languages." "Ron feels this is more than ample evidence for the purpose of supporting a massive universal flood theory." "Also Ron studies reveal that there have been approximately thirty sightings of the arc reported as resting on mount Ararat." "But none of the sightings have been documented as fact." "In addition to this many of the reports are contradictory, and conflict with one another." "The 30 so-called eyewitnesses and I don't doubt the integrity of these people there are several stone formations on that mountain that resemble boat, but no one was ever able to get photographic proof." "Also i found that, say for example, in WWII the pilots that flew by the mountain, and made entries in their flight log that they had seen a boat shaped formation on the mountain they said that the votes shape formation was on the southeast base of the mountain" "the person that wrote this are quoted this in his book said that the log stated it was on the north west face of the mountain." "And so I found that some of the... reliable data had been misquoted in some of the books in an attempt to... convince people that the boat perhaps was in a different site then it really was, and so given all of this information in the lack of proof," "we decided to look elsewhere." "The sleeping volcano has been intermittently active throughout thousands of years is also heavily glaciated." "Ron can't see how a wood structure could have possibly survived on a mountain that is constantly been scoured by lava and glaciers for over 5,000 years." "During his studies he makes note of the fact that not one well-documented source states specifically that the ark came to rest precisely on mount Ararat." "However the bible does state in Genesis 84, that the ark came to rest in the mountains." "That's plural, mountains of Ararat." "Could it be that the ark came to rest on a smaller sister mountains of Ararat proper" "Have well intending prior expeditions searched Ararat only because it is the highest point in the area and as a result overlooked and neglected other possible landing sites of the arc." "Point-by-point Ron begins to build a case for the possibility of the arc not being on mount ararat proper" "Due to these conclusions drawn from his extensive research is more intrigued than ever concerning the possibilities of the site which was explored and summarily abandoned by the 1960s expedition." "At long last in 1977 after 17 years of waiting research and dreaming" "Ron has fulfilled his obligations and is able to begin actual fieldwork in eastern Turkey." "He hires a Turkish driver and assistant named Dilavar to aid him in his work." "Over the years this man becomes a trusted friend and ally." "Upon first arrival and examination, he finds the area to be wild and intimidating and its natural ruggedness and beauty." "He remembers wondering how he would ever possibly discover what he was searching for in this vast lonely region." "The country is immense it's why expensive vistas." "And Ron finds it to be rich in geologic history." "The area is also blessed with the wealth of many wondrous relics from antiquity, and treasures from civilizations past." "One soon becomes enchanted by the natural beauty of the region develops a sense being lost in time." "In determining precisely where to begin his investigations," "Ron approaches the matter differently than his heart hunting predecessors." "Instead of focusing his search on mount Ararat, he began with a broader scope of vision." "He feels strongly that an occasion as momentous as the landfall of Noah's ark would be made record of in history and ancient legend by local inhabitants of the region." "Is insight and intuition were to pay off handsomely." "He began by visiting and talking to villagers in the general proximity of the boat shaped object" "After several days of becoming acquainted with them and earning their trust he gets the needed directions, to the general area has awaited so long to visit." "At long last here is the object just held his fascination for so many years." "And here we are at last, tag easing up on the mortal remains of the great boat that one his family road to safety" "When i arrived at the boat shaped object i was amazed at how much it looked like a boat." "If you've ever seen a boat that had a hole in it and had partially sunk down to wear just the railings of the boatworks above the water this is exactly what I saw sitting out there on that mountainside." "The site is located approximately 15 miles south of mount Ararat." "Is known locally as Doomsday mountain." "The elevation is approximately 6.375 feet above sea level." "Ron takes the dimensions of the object, and finds it to be approximately 515 feet in length." "His data corresponds with the original aerial photos survey, and ground measurements which were made by both the Turkish and american teams." "He finds it to be generally in the same condition as the 1960s expedition had described it" "The object appeared as a long boat shaped semi oval." "The mound in the center having 20-foot high earth packed rims." "Ron would like to take samples for chemical analysis, but at this point in time has no permit allowing him to do so." "Although no conclusive evidence other than the dimensions and obvious boat shape concerning the object possibly being the arc, can be drawn from this first encounter." "Ron is determined to return at a later time... if and when he can get a permit to excavate." "He feels strongly intuitively that there is much more here to be learned." "However, Ron has made note of the fact, that these strata, where the object rests, is sedimentary Cretaceous water laid rock." "This is an important point for purposes of documenting this area as the possible landing site of the Ark." "As Ron continues his search for possible signs and traces of the legendary ship, he continues to be friends and talk to the villages of the areas." "As he does so, more mysteries of the region begin to unfold." "These people live today as they have for generations past." "They tend their flocks of sheep and cattle, and wander through their respective territories from season to season in a timeless ritual to means for survival." "They are hardy breed of people and managed to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet." "They live in a rugged unforgiving land." "Is both cruel and inhospitable." "It is riddled with major earthquakes, and has major unpredictable cold and hot spells during summer and winter." "During winter wolves freely roam the countryside." "There are massive avalanches." "In summer is hot and arid and sudden deadly windstorms arise as illustrated here one can see large clouds of dust from a wind storm moving and crawling like wraiths over the huge black lava beds at the base of Ararat." "At every location visits Mount Ararat stands as a symbol the land and mysteries she's guarded for thousands of years." "The Turkish word for mount Ararat is Arida." "Which translated into english means the mountain scene" "This is an appropriate name, as many climbers have lost their lives on her slopes during adverse conditions." "notwithstanding the dangers normally associated with climbing any mountain arriaga is a high lone mountain rising abruptly from the plains of eros three thousand feet to a height of approximately 17,000 feet." "Majestic presence is a constant reminder to run, that this area may indeed be the cradle of civilization." "Love thunder from lightning on Ararat" "It's not the only under this captivating region has known." "In ancient times this area was a buffer Kingdom between rival empires and many times throughout the centuries as this land known the thunder of hooves and the clash of steel from fierce rival warriors weaponry." "The local villagers have come to know and trust Ron are familiar with every stone boulder and kenyan of their land" "once again directions they provide him with lead him to a remarkable series of discoveries." "He finds three massive anchor type stones, all approximately eight feet high and weighing several tons each." "All are similar in proportion and design, and have eight distinct crosses which are carved in the stone in a pattern which wrong and other experts believe refer to the eight survivors of the flood." "The placing and alignment on the stones tell their relationship to Noah and one another." "This is called an iconographic representation." "Ron elaborates:" "Like all the other grave markers in this area the valley of the eight, this marker once had a crosses now these are beautiful representation of the ornate Byzantine cross dating back to approximately the 3rd century AD." "The large cross representing Noah is especially ornate the one representing his wife is quite a beautiful design" "now we have the matched pairing here the eldest son, and his wife these crosses are of the ornate style we have this cross here that represents one of the sons beyond the first son and it matches with this one." "Up here we have the representation of the other son but the representation are the cross representing his wife is missing and apparently got broken away over the years." "The alignment of these stones tell us the direction from which the boat came as it approached and the mountain that landed on one of these stones is approximately a quarter mile from the boat itself." "Now these stones are this type anchor stone is a very familiar object to the students of early navigation they were used by... many of the early civilizations" "the Phoenicians in particular and the shores of the Mediterranean and the floor of the Mediterranean is strong with these stones the difference that becomes obvious immediately is the difference in if the size" "These giant Pierce stones are similar to ancient anchor stones used in Mediterania for centuries and millennia these pierced stones are like the large bronze age stone anchors from the Mediterranean tall broad when viewed from the side thin when viewed edgewise or end on," "tapered toward the top and have rope holes at their upper ends" "on all of these counts therefore they qualify quite readily as fitting the picture of stone anchors as Ron originally identified them" "only in size or scale do these stones differ significantly from their considerably smaller Mediterranean counterparts" "If the size of stone anchors implies the size of the boat or ship on which they were used, how much more should be true for these stone anchors weighing several tons to be by this standard arc size stone anchors." "As electrifying as these discoveries are for Ron they're not the only reason for him to believe that this area is the possible landing place of the arc." "Villagers tell Ron, that the village in which the standing anchors stones rests, is known as the village of eight" "also this majestic Valley located a few miles from the village is known as the valley or region of the eighth." "None of the inhabitants of this region know how these names came to be." "Have been passed down from generation to generation" "Again he clearly finds reference to the eight survivors of the flood." "Here is another strong indication to Ron, that someone from antiquity has left record of the landing-place and survival of Noah and his family within this mystical and enchanting region." "Upon Ron's returned to the United States, he calls dr." "William Shea of the biblical research institute of Washington D.C." "for help in sorting and analyzing his data." "Dr. Shea has also been aware of the 1960s expedition and has for some time and interested in the boat shaped object as well." "Is most pleased to have the opportunity to discuss Ron's findings to compare notes and thoughts" "Dr. Shea holds a doctorate in archaeology, and is also an MD." "He has had over 130 professional papers published worldwide" "As taught old testament history at Andrews University and is an acknowledged expert in his field" "I've never measured the exact distance but if you stand on the object, you can see mount Ararat and in the near near foreground." "Mount Ararat is a is a very beautiful and very interesting mountain, but it has certain drawbacks when you think of the flood story in the Bible." "Now era is a volcanic peak over 16,000 feet high." "If you think about the arc coming to land on a volcanic mountain that's not a very propitious spot for it to be salvaged if you're going to find any remains." "In fact the some of my friends who have been working on that particular mountain have been working on the northwest face where there is a great horror gorge." "Now that blew out in historical times, and it seems like to me that would be the very worst place to have a preserved remnants of the arc." "So on the other hand the site that we've been talking about and the mountains across the valley those are sedimentary rocks and not volcanic rock sedimentary rocks water laid rocks the type of rocks that one would expect from flood activity." "Another thing about Mount Ararat is that it's a glacial covered mountain peak." "I don't know the exact dimensions and it varies according to the weather of course the the glaciers shrink back in the summertime and they extended the wintertime but several thousand feet of the mountains top are covered with glaciers" "and these glaciers of course scour the mountain the rock of the mountainside so if you had an arc-shaped object up there, it would suffer from the same damage that the scarring of the rock would suffer from" "Now the formation that we have as its been surveyed both from aerial photographs and on the ground has been measured both ways is a hundred and fifty meters long or almost 500 feet." "If you take that long Egyptian cubit assuming Moses is the author of the account, for the transmitter of the account and apply that standard of measurement it is interesting that this formation either in the photographs or on the ground" "as measured to essentially what would be three hundred cubits long" "Now that's a remarkable correspondence it's not 500 cubits it's not a hundred fifty cubits it just happens to be 300 cubits long and the biblical story just happens to record the length of the air as 300 cubits long." "On one occasion dr." "Shea had made a trip to Eastern Turkey and had the opportunity to examine some of Ron's discoveries, particularly the massive anchor stones." "I've seen three of those stones in the field." "One is in a village and two out in the fields by the village." "The first point that one can make in comparing with anchor stones and we have many many anchor stones to compare with." "Anchor stones were the common way to anchor ships until iron came in about 1200 BC." "Anchor stones are tall in one dimension." "They are thin in another direction." "They have a whole of" "Now the other aspect of these stones is their iconography." "Somebody has carved some signs into them as you can see from this this one right here" "Large cross in the center would be Noah." "The medium-sized cross to the right below with represent Noah's wife." "Three of the crosses up one side above the arm of the cross of the major cross would represent Noah's sons the other three crosses up the other side would represent the wives of Noah sons." "There's exactly crosses there are eight people in the flood story and these are engraved upon stones that look very much like anchor type of stones these are Christian crosses but they indicate that the people who put those crosses on these stones" "saw some type of connection between these particular stones and the idea of Noah and the Ark and the eight people that were in the arc according to the biblical record." "Now these stones are very unusual and irregular in that they are not near any normal natural body of water." "Seems evident to me that somebody either wanted to depict something like an anchor stone or actually used an anchor stone in this area" "And yet the nearest bodies of water or 75 miles to the southwest and a hundred miles to the north." "No normal natural reasonable explanation for why anchor stones would be used in this particular area." "Anyway." "Ron and Bill agree that much progress has been made on Ron's first foray into the field." "due to the success of the trip, and the strength of the discoveries made," "Ron feels more strongly than ever, that he is on the verge of a major breakthrough." "As he reviews his data, the boat shaped object continues to hunt him as it has for the past 17 years." "Then unexpectedly most surprising and fortuitous event takes place." "My disappointment at having to wait on a permit addict for a later date, was offset by an earthquake it happened in 1978 that did a much better job of excavating the boat than I could maybe a year or two years hard work." "Ron is not prepared for the sightseeing." "The earthquake has dropped the earth from around the sides of the remains, and the formation is now completely exposed." "There at 6,300 feet above sea level, in the mountains of Ararat lies what appears to be the hull of a massive ancient man-made ship" "the sides of the object are now clearly exposed and the outline of the whole of a ship is now evident and clearly visible." "It's simply dropped the earth away from the outside of the boat and left the rib timbers and other structures of the boat out there who are you can see them also there was a vertical split right down the center of the boat which" "enabled me to measure the depth of the boat plus get a good clean fresh sample material out of there to have analyzed to tell us more about the chemical composition of the boat." "These two photos post and pre quake give one an idea of the extent of nature's timely excavation job." "The photo at left was taken in 1960 by the first party to examine the object" "The photo at right was taken by Ron in 1979, shortly after the quake." "It clearly shows the large quantities of Earth which have been displaced from the sides of the object." "Again these two photos examine the object both post and pre quake from yet another angle." "In addition to this the quake has cracked the object down the center allowing Ron to take fresh samples of material for analysis." "He also take samples from around the object in order to compare the two for possible significant differences." "Immediately upon Ron's returned to the United States, he rushes the samples to Gaul breath labs of knoxville tennessee for breakdown and analysis." "The results are electrifying." "Not only is their high carbon content as in Long decayed ancient wood." "There are also traces of metal." "Here are the first definite positive signs that the object is not just a natural phenomenon but indeed maybe man-made." "The soil samples have been taken from the formation on two different occasions in 1979 and again in 1984." "It's the 1979 samples that first gave the clue that there is a distinct difference in the amount of carbon in the formation as opposed to the field outside of the formation." "have the reports here and if there was wood in this formation, that kind of reading with five percent of carbon content would be, would point to it that's the kind of reading you would expect to get from the decayed wood." "Once we became aware that they were concentrations of metal in this boat formation they were associated with what appeared to be structural remains." "The next obvious step was to investigate the site with the use of metal detectors." "We set up a expedition with permit to go out with four types of metal detection equipment and with this we carefully surveyed the boat and we laid out tape, survey tape on top of the ground are on top of the formation," "to indicate the position of the metal patterns in the boat." "Included in the expedition of Ron and for other specialists was dr." "John Bumgarner, a physicist from Los Alamos National Laboratories of Los Alamos New Mexico" "Using three types of sophisticated metal detection devices, they began to lay down colored survey ribbons in correlation with the metal detection readings on both the tops and sides of the boat shaped object." "Slowly a pattern with regular features begins to emerge." "The pattern reveals the form of a symmetrical internal subsurface structure of massive proportions." "In august of 1984 this is really the next new step in the study of this formation." "You could call the year from august of 84 august of 85 the year of the metal detector." "Because he took a metal detector over." "went over the formation and in... first of all, he got positive readings around his metal detector." "Second as he studied it more with his metal detector, heat the readings not only showed some reading but it showed readings in patterns." "Now during that year from august of 84 in August 85, he and several other co-workers went over that formation with three different types of metal detectors as i understand." "And the results with all three different types of metal detectors were consistent and they did indeed give a pattern as they laid out strips" "which will show you some of the patterns that they got now they also got crosswise patterns and in lengthwise patterning and this was first discovered with a metal detector." "Since the negative and positive to these readings have been obtained using four different types of metal detectors since one of these species specific in terms of the type of metal detected" "since neither of these methods provides any positive readings for the field around the object" "and since these positive readings can be correlated with visually observable features of the formation along the portion of one side of it considerable confidence can be placed in the accuracy of these readings" "thus the metallic distribution pattern of this formation, whatever it means, seems reasonably straightforward and clear" "Whatever is giving the positive readings on the metal detectors presumably some type of metal or not sure what kind, would have to be patterned in the formation and the question then is why is it pattern in the formation." "Well, let me just give you a hypothesis, suggestion." "If you have petrified wood in this formation and the petrification takes case is placed by a process of mineral elements flowing through the wood and depositing in them, then you would expect the trace readings that those minerals would give to follow the pattern of the" "decayed timbers and the petrified petrification process and so one possibility would be that this is a reflection of the petrification process of an original form which was underway this this information is a now stands." "When we did this metal detector evaluation of the boat formation, we covered the sides of the boat also, the area that had been left there when the earth fell away during the earthquake and the rib timber patterns and the keel are Kilson patterns" "were very obvious they along the sides also." "Now another thing we did with these metal detectors where we spotted high concentrations say of iron for example we were able to collect a sample of ninety-one percent pure iron that show preferencial gradients under microscopic examination and in our language that meant that this had been hand-worked," "it was a right angle bracket there." "Although this is an incredible breakthrough," "Ron and the team realized that more data is needed before they can draw any conclusions as to whether or not this is a ship." "Though exciting and promising, it remains to confirm this pattern with more details and deeply penetrating non-invasive equipment such as the news subsurface interface radar scanner." "Some surface interface radar is a new high technology tool, which allows examination of objects underground, without preliminary digging or excavation." "The principle is simple enough." "Electromagnetic pulses or short wavelength electric energy bursts, are transmitted into the ground." "Echoes from these pulses bounce back and are measured by a receiver." "The echo time can be translated into readings which are graphically recorded on a continuous roll of paper, such as an electrocardiogram printout." "Thus objects beneath the surface of the ground level may be located and to some degree measured." "In the summer of 1986," "Ron and his team have assembled once again, and have received the necessary permits from the Turkish government, in order to perform the radar scan." "Ron and the crew are poised and ready, when once again the unpredictability of the region rear their heads, and stop Ron and his team short in their tracks." "We got back to America raise the money and made the arrangements to get a subsurface interface radar system out to Eastern Turkey." "We had the appropriate permit at this point in time now we had been informed that we were in some danger of terrorists attacking us are taking us hostage, and in the light of this the Turkish government provided a group of 30 commandos that accompanied us out" "to the boat formation each day." "And they would go out and hide themselves in the crevices canyons and whatnot around the boat site." "Now, what happened just took a matter of seconds but to me it seemed like several minutes, our Turkish commandos just rose up from literally from the earth, where they had been hiding and decimated these terrorists with automatic gunfire." "Once again, the thunder of death and violence, echo off the walls of Doomsday mountain." "The commandos take their work seriously." "These are the results." "Out of necessity the laws of these lands are harsh and strict." "These terrorists guns silenced forever." "Ron makes the Turkish headlines but not with the news he'd wanted." "No one likes being a part of something like this" "This effectively stalled our attempts to do a radar scan on the boat and of course it was sometime after that." "Yet again, Ron has been dealt another blow." "Every trip is extremely costly." "And this one has been particularly so." "Due to having the radar technicians and support teams involved it is crushing after so many years of working and dreaming to be so near the end of one's quest only to be halted again so unproperly." "As to path so many occasions, he calls on almost superhuman patience and tolerance." "Once again, he waits." "Ron's patience and willingness to persevere pay off." "In august 1985 he receives the necessary permits and clearance to perform the radar examinations." "At long last they perform the scan and the results are stunning." "Before their very eyes, the machine tells the story of what lies beneath the surface of the object." "There are massive gilson's, deck timbers, open chambers, gunnels and other various configurations which Ron and other specialists believe identifies the object as the remains of an ancient man-made ship." "Basically the radar scans show the same thing that the metal detector scans did only with more detail." "They show there's a pattern to show there's a padding of linear lines there is a pattern of cross lines, and there's a pattern of even distribution to these lines in both directions." "Now that's precisely what you would expect out of the remains of a ship type." "Object, because you would have a keel, you would have parallel lines which would be keel sins, and you would have the transverse lines with the bulkheads and other reinforcing of the ship." "Immediately after the earthquake it was to measure the depth of the deposit are the remains of the boat along the length of the boat at the point where the deposit thickened it was at that point that the upper decks began." "And we found that there was, this was a three-tiered are three decked boat." "Now in in 1985, 1986 and 87, we were able to measure this laterally also" "this data with the data that we got from the radar scan allows us to know what the boat looked like, and to be able to reproduce a model, scale model of that boat with in very close tolerances" "of what it actually looked like." "After consulting computer specialists, and careful detailed review of years of research and combined data," "Ron construct a scale model what his data tells him the ark resembled." "This is the best estimate of what Noah's arc look like, and we designed this so that we can take it apart" "and show you what the inside looks like." "Now the deck portion of the boat shows up very clearly on the radar scans, and we have reproduced that here in the deck portion of the model." "We're delighted with the results and at this point in time personally I can look anybody in the eye and say that this boat shaped formation in Eastern Turkey is actually the remains of Noah's arc." "We've gone about as far as we can go and surface survey work and even scanning work." "There are other types of scans that could be done." "I don't know that it would be that helpful really to get more scans." "What we really need now is excavation." "But i would say that each one of these positive steps does points." "Directly identifying this formation as containing remains of Noah's Ark, but the final proof of the pudding ultimately must come from excavation." "In terms of the importance of the location of Noah's Ark and the identification, but i would say make three main points." "First of all, as one goes through the history of the human race in the Bible." "This stands as an important historical event, very transitional event, it's an event that divides two eras in biblical history, so just in terms of history of the race it's an important event." "A second i would say that it will have far-reaching implications in the realms of both science and history." "Obviously some scientific theories are going to have to be revised, if we really have found a boat shaped formation from diluvian times at the 6300 foot level in these mountains in Eastern Turkey." "Third i would say that there is a religious teaching at there's a theology in Genesis 6293 chapters that cover the flood story, and i would say it reveals two sides of the character of God" "Reveals the side of character of God as judge." "And it reveals the side of the character of God is redeem." "Reveals that his character as judge of the antediluvian for the nature of their civilization." "Yet his redemptive activity is shown in his graciousness and mercy extended to know Noah's family." "Why do explorers risk their lives searching for the remains of the Ark." "Many have died in the quest." "For some surely the adventure is enough." "But foremost there's more." "Need perhaps a hunger to know more about our human heritage, our basic beginnings." "Who are we, where are we going, where do we come from?" "Do these captivating regions hold the secrets to our earliest beginnings as a race?" "Is this indeed the cradle of all civilization?" "What do these discoveries mean?" "Are they clues to the final answers to the questions of the birth of the human race?" "And if not, what is this mysterious ship shaped object located 6,300 feet above sea level in the mountains of Ararat?" "Ron thinks he knows some of the answers." "He believes..." "it is Noah's Ark... found." "Noah's Arc found?" "A SNIDER PRODUCTIONS FILM" "This film is based on works and discoveries of" "RONALD E. WYATT" "Special thanks to research associate DR. WILLIAM SHEA for additional data and related contributions" "Subtitled by: suadnovic"