Posted on 04/26/2004 7:13:00 AM PDT by Brett66
April 26
Noah's Ark Found? Company Claims Commercial Satellite Has Picture Proof
Satellite photos of Mount Aratat, Turkey taken by commercial imaging satellite company Digital Globe released today are said to contain proof of the existence of the biblical Noah's Ark.
The images, revealed at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. (see right), are said to reveal a man-made structure at the site where the Bible states the vessel came to rest.
The claim was made by Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock -- The Trinity Corporation, who according to a press release has been searching for the Ark for several years.
The first pictures of the site were taken by the U.S. Air Force in 1949. The images allegedly revealed what seemed to be a structure covered by ice, but were held in a confidential file labeled “Ararat Anomaly” for years. In 1997, the government released several of these images, but experts deemed them inconclusive.
McGovern's is not the first satellite search for the Ark. In 2002, Porcher Taylor, a senior associate (nonresident) at the prominent think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., also requested satellite imagery of the area to see if the mythical vessel truly existed.
The summer of 2003 provided a great opportunity to take a new series of photographs, according to the release, because it was the hottest summer in Europe since 1500. This caused a massive meltdown on Mount Ararat. McGivern used DigitalGlobe’s Quick Bird satellite to collect a new set of satellite images.
Click to view close-up of alleged proof of Noah's Ark
According to the press release, McGivern has put together a team of scientists, archaeologists and forensic experts to excavate the object and collect samples beginning in August of this year.
“These new photos unequivocally show a man made object,” McGivern is quoted as saying. “I am convinced that the excavation of the object and the results of tests run on any collected samples will prove that it is Noah’s Ark.”
The field manager for the excavation will be Dr. Ahmet Ali Arslan, a native of Turkey who has traveled up Mount Ararat 50 times in 40 years and formerly worked in the Turkey Prime Minister’s office. According to the release, Arslan plans to discuss the details of the excavation with the Prime Minister next week.
I doubt it.. The Green Party will find OZ, first.
Did the Bible give the GPS coordinates? I must have missed that.
According to my "units" program, a "biblicalcubit" is 21.8 inches, and a "hebrewcubit" is 17.58 inches. That's a great deal of variance.
$ grep -i cubit /usr/share/units.dat
pied frenchfoot # Half of the hashimicubit,
irishcubit 18 irishinch
romancubit 18 romaninch # units.
egyptianroyalcubit 20.63 in # plus or minus .2 in
egyptianpalm 1|7 egyptianroyalcubit
egyptianshortcubit 6 egyptianpalm
remendigit 1|40 doubleremen # side length of 1 royal egyptian cubit.
# the royal cubit.
greekfeet greekfoot # Egyptian Royal cubit in [11]. It is
greekcubit 1.5 greekfoot # said to be 3|5 of a 20.75 in cubit.
homericcubit 20 greekfingers # Elbow to end of knuckles.
shortgreekcubit 18 greekfingers # Elbow to start of fingers.
olympiccubit 25 remendigit # These olympic measures were not as
olympicfoot 2|3 olympiccubit # common as the other greek measures.
# "Northern" cubit and foot. This was used by the pre-Aryan civilization in
northerncubit 26.6 in # plus/minus .2 in
northernfoot 1|2 northerncubit
sumeriancubit 495 mm
kus sumeriancubit
sumerianfoot 2|3 sumeriancubit
assyriancubit 21.6 in
assyrianfoot 1|2 assyriancubit
persianroyalcubit 7 assyrianpalm
hashimicubit 25.56 in # Standard of linear measure used
blackcubit 21.28 in
arabicfeet 1|2 blackcubit
arabicmile 4000 blackcubit
biblicalcubit 21.8 in
hebrewcubit 17.58 in
That didn't really format well, but it is interesting nonethelss.
Didn't you hear, it was found a few years ago .............
on Mars!
I saw that in one of those scandal rags once while at the checkout counter. I almost died laughing. Looking back, I really should have bought a copy and kept the cover. It was classic.
OK, so which is it?
I don't know. Even the "biblicalcubit" is an estimate from what I understand. I say we split the difference and call it 19.69 inches. :-)
"19.69, or 1969? Could it be just coincidence that the biblical measure used in building the Ark is also the date Man first landed on the moon? Could it be that ancient astronauts, or even time travelers, provided Noah the blueprints and technology to build the Ark? Could Eric Van Daniken be correct?
Tune in next week as 'In Search Of... My Dignity' examines this and other fascinating questions and theories. This... is Leonard Nimoy."
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