Noah's Ark,the Global Flood,and the Ararat Anomaly REAL?!

Sat May 30, 2009 12:41 am » by **Marduk2012**

Could the legends of the Ark and the great flood be real? There is only one verse in the Bible which gives us a hint of where we the ark came to rest, "the ark rested...upon the mountains of Ararat." Genesis 8:4. Where is Ararat? The name Ararat is a large area or ancient country covering eastern Turkey, western Iran and western Russia, as shown in yellow below.

The Ararat anomaly is an object appearing on photographs of the snowfields near the summit of Mount Ararat, Turkey, and advanced by some believers in Biblical literalism as the remains of Noah's Ark.

Author and researcher Walt Brown discussed Noah's Ark, the Great Flood and the debate between creationism and evolution. The Ark might be found surrounded by permanent icecap at 14,000 ft. elevation. Mount Ararat in Turkey or the Zagros Mountains in Iran are possible locations, he said. Over the years, a number of people have claimed to see the relic. One of them was George Hagopian, who said as a young boy he was taken to Mount Ararat and shown the Ark, which he described as a big barge (drawings & paintings were subsequently made from his descriptions).

Brown noted that across civilizations there are some 230 legends/accounts of a great flood. Rain from clouds could not have created such a deluge, he commented. He proposed his hydroplate theory which suggests that crustal plates rose up out of the water-- causing continents to rise and massive flooding to occur.

Arguing that Earth was created by God just 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, Brown said that radio carbon dating doesn't take into account changes that occurred during the flood. He said there is evidence that man and dinosaurs co-existed, and that the universe itself was created at the same time as Earth. The universe's vast distances were brought about by God "stretching them out" at the time of creation, he added.

Over the years, researchers such as Porcher Taylor have claimed that an anomaly high on Mt. Ararat in Turkey may be the remains of Noah's Ark. The anomaly was imaged by DigitalGlobe's satellite and the photos were unveiled in 2006. You can view them at Space.com, along with analysis.

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Sat May 30, 2009 12:48 am » by **dlslith**

I'm thinking the Sumerian tablets of creation hold the original story of the flood. They may have been copied to what is now the Bible, Koran, Torah etc. As to where the ark is? The Turks won't let anyone near. It is a possibility. Good post :flop:

Sat May 30, 2009 12:56 am » by **Marduk2012**

The anomaly was first filmed during a U.S. Air Force aerial reconnaissance mission in 1949 — the Ararat massif sits on the former Turkish/Soviet border, and was thus an area of military interest — and was accordingly given a classification of "secret" as were subsequent photographs taken in 1956, 1973, 1976, 1990 and 1992, by aircraft and satellites. Six frames from the 1949 footage were released under the Freedom of Information Act to Porcher Taylor, a professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia, and a scholar at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies specializing in satellite intelligence and diplomacy, in 1995.

A joint research project was later established between Insight Magazine and Space Imaging (now GeoEye), using the IKONOS satellite. IKONOS, on its maiden voyage, captured the anomaly on August 5 and September 13, 2000. GeoEye has constructed a computerized video of the imagery it captured of the anomaly. The structure appears at approximately halfway through the video. The Mount Ararat area also has been imaged by France's SPOT satellite in September 1989, Landsat in the 1970s and NASA's Space shuttle in 1994, as well as military satellite images captured by the CIA's KH-9 (Keyhole 9) in 1973 and KH-11 (Keyhole 11) in 1976 and 1990–1992.

Canadian Space Agency's RADARSAT-1 image of Mt. Ararat. This radar image is 8-meter resolution, the highest commercial capability in the world. Circled in red is the "anomaly" location on the northwest corner of Ararat's Western Plateau at 15,300 feet. Since a radar satellite is not optical, but shoots back radio beams of solid structures, this image confirms, according to researchers, that the anomaly is not the effect of shadows.

Declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Keyhole-9 satellite image of a panoramic shot of Mt. Ararat, taken on Dec. 20, 1973. The "anomaly" is circled in red by researcher Porcher Taylor. Several years ago, the CIA declassified over 55,000 satellite images of various places around the world, including this image.

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Sat May 30, 2009 1:06 am » by **dlslith**

Marduk, where do you go to look for this info? It's very involved and informative

Sat May 30, 2009 1:48 am » by **Spock**

Awesome Marduk! This has been something I have been fascinated with since I was a kid. I've seen much of the stuff you posted, and I love it.

Even outside Judeo-Christian beliefs this story is told over again, with different names but the same basic lead-up and outcome.

For me, on faith - yes - this did happen. I tend to see UFOs in my mind's eye as I picture the knowledge being given to Noah and the ability to create a vessel of survival - much like the Norwegian Seed Vault - we all know about (umm, minus the UFOs unless there is something we haven't been told). Conjecture!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070209074207.htm

Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:07 am » by **Marduk2012**

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Sat Jun 06, 2009 3:13 pm » by **Mihalj**

I beleive the ark is real and it happened, bur even if there is no evidence, so what. Think of it this way. They were on the water for a year. So when the place dried up they would have needed fire wood and perhaps build dwellings etc along with animal pens. And perhaps in the ancient world Ararat was in a different area, and the current place was named after it. In time we will know. :hugging:

Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:00 pm » by **Clawspiracy**

mihalj wrote:They were on the water for a year. So when the place dried up they would have needed fire wood and perhaps build dwellings etc along with animal pens. And perhaps in the ancient world Ararat was in a different area, and the current place was named after it. In time we will know.

Good point! Seriously. It made me think for a bit. But I think I disagree. If God told you to build something and it saved your life, you might park it and dwell in it. There was also evidence that suggested the Ark was lit from the inside using some form of primitive battery power... So they wouldn't give that up...

I think the ark is there in those mountains. I vote for a covert exploration of the place.

Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:06 pm » by **Ogmios**

It does look a feasible site. It's hard to imagine that all of these folk stories about the flood spontaneously appeared independent of one another. Perhaps you're right claw. What's needed is a midnight visit from some shovel wielding DiscloseTV members. A good start would be to work out the length of it and check it against the length mentioned in the Bible.

Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:16 pm » by **Nuada**

I thought the Ark was the electro-magnetic box i see depicted on my Clydesdale Bank £20 notes?! Did it not end up in Scotland?! And anyway does the biblical version not pertain to genetics?