'Noah's Ark's final resting place' confirmed to be a 'man-made object' in groundbreaking announcement

Daily Mail ^ | 30 September 2026 | By ISABELLA MACHIN, REPORTER and IMOGEN GARFINKEL - SENIOR FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

[Ezekiel]

A team scanning a boat-shaped hill in eastern Turkey has announced that new radar images show a large man-made structure underground, not just natural rock.

On Wednesday, private research group Noah’s Ark Scans released a preliminary report about their work at the Durupınar Formation in Turkey, claiming that the 515-foot boat-shaped mound contained a 'man-made object.'

The scans were conducted by Dr Khosrow Bakhtar, an engineer who spent decades building detection systems for US defense agencies, including the Air Force, Navy and NORAD.

He used a system he invented called BakhtarRadar, originally developed to find buried tunnels and hidden structures, to scan beneath the boat-shaped Durupınar mound and see whether it was solid natural rock or a man-made structure with rooms and corridors inside.

That process has now concluded that the object under the Durupınar mound is not a natural rock formation, but a large organized man-made structure with corridors, chambers and hallways inside.

In a press release sent to the Daily Mail, Dr Bakhtar said: 'Whatever the object is beneath the surface is extraordinary.

'In forty years of this work, I have never seen anything like it. It could be a ship. It could be a spaceship. What I can say from the radar is that it is organized, it is structural, and a solid geological mass would not have returned such a strong signature.'

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TOPICS: History; Hobbies; Science; Travel
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[Elsie]

Let's see!

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Comes in at #2

 

 

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The way it's written:

 

Galatians 4:4-5

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, ⁵ to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

 

 

 

The way Rome teaches it:

 

Galatians 4:4-5

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a....

 

Co-Redemptrix, 
Ark of the Covenant,

Beloved daughter of the Father,
Favoured Daughter of the Father,

Cause of Our Joy,

Cause of our Salvation ,
Comfort of the Afflicted,
Destroyer of Heresy,
Ever-virgin ,
Gate of Heaven,
God-bearer,

Great Mother,
Health of the Sick,

Heavenly Chariot,
Help of Christians,
Holy Mary,
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of Virgins,
House of Gold,
Joy of the Just,
Majesty,
Mirror of Justice,
Morning Star,
Most Holy,
Mother Admirable,
Mother Inviolate,
Mother Most Amiable,
Mother Most Chaste,
Mother Most Pure,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of Divine Grace,
Mother of God,
Mother of Good Counsel,
Mother of Mercy,
Mother of Orphans,
Mother of Our Creator,
Mother of Our Redeemer,
Mother of Sorrows,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of the Poor,
Mother of the Word,

Mother of the Word Incarnate,
Mother Thrice Admirable,
Mother Undefiled,
Mystical Rose,
Nova Eva (the New Eve),
Our Lady of Compassion,
Our Lady of Confidence,
Our Lady of Victory,
Our Lady, Star of the Sea,
Our Mother of Perpetual Help,
Queen Assumed Into Heaven,
Queen Conceived Without Original Sin,
Queen of All Saints,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Families,
Queen of Heaven,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Peace,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary,
Queen of Virgins,
Ravisher of Hearts,
Refuge of Sinners,

Resplendant car,
Seat of Wisdom,
She Who Shows the Way,
Singular Vessel of Devotion,
Spiritual Vessel,

Spouse of the Holy Spirit,

Sovereign Mistress of the Angels, 
Tabernacle of the Lord,

Temple of the Holy Spirit,
Temple of the Most Holy Trinity,
Throne of Wisdom,
Tower of David,
Tower of Ivory,
Treasure House of God's Graces,
Untier of Knots,
Vessel of Honor,
Virgin God-bearer,
Virgin Most Faithful,
Virgin Most Merciful,
Virgin Most Powerful,
Virgin Most Prudent,
Virgin Most Renowned,
Virgin Most Venerable

Virgin of virgins,                           born under the law, ⁵ to HELP redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship; sooner or later; and not spend TOO much time in Purgatory.

 

 

 

[Elsie]

“...no sign will be given except...”

(Thus my earlier ‘neither’ statement.)

[Elsie]

“One man’s treasure, is another man’s...

[fidelis]

Weren’t “high places” usually reserved for religious purposes?

Very often but not always. Fortresses like Masada, for example. Also the city of Jerusalem (before it held the temple), Hazor, and Lachish, also built on high places for defensive purposes. Outside of the Middle East, Rome was built on seven hills and, high in the Andes of Peru, was the city of Machu Picchu built by the Incas.

[Elsie]

Christian +

If you're trusting in Christ, PLUS something else, you just might be on shaky ground.

[MayflowerMadam]

Your list always makes me roar! 😆

[Elsie]

CLAIM: The Turkish government recognizes RON WYATT as discovering Noah’s ark.

ME: Really?

COPILOT: Short answer: No, not in the way that claim is usually presented.

What is true is that in 1987 Turkish officials held a ceremony at the Durupınar site and promoted it as a Noah's Ark tourist location. Ron Wyatt was present and was treated as an important figure associated with the site. Reports from Wyatt's own organization state that local and regional Turkish officials referred to the formation as Noah's Ark and honored Wyatt as its discoverer. [wyattmuseum.com], [drrichardkent.org]

However, that is very different from saying that the Turkish government officially recognizes Ron Wyatt as having discovered Noah's Ark as a proven archaeological fact.

Several points complicate the claim:

• The boat-shaped formation was actually identified from aerial photographs by Turkish Army Captain İlhan Durupınar in 1959, which is why it is called the Durupınar site. [en.wikipedia.org], [noahsarkscans.com]
• A 1960 Turkish-sponsored investigation concluded that the formation was a natural geological feature and found no archaeological remains. [en.wikipedia.org]
• Modern Turkish geologists and many archaeologists continue to regard the site as a natural formation rather than Noah's Ark. [en.wikipedia.org], [noahsarksearch.com]
• Current Turkish-approved research projects are investigating the site, but official permission to study a site is not the same thing as official confirmation that Noah's Ark has been found. [noahsarkscans.com]

So if someone says:

"Turkey officially recognizes Ron Wyatt as the discoverer of Noah's Ark"

the most accurate response is:

Turkish officials at certain times promoted the Durupınar site as Noah's Ark and publicly honored Ron Wyatt, but Turkey has not established, through accepted archaeological consensus or a clear modern governmental declaration, that Wyatt conclusively discovered Noah's Ark. [drrichardkent.org], [wyattmuseum.com], [en.wikipedia.org]

The page you're looking at appears to be repeating a very common Wyatt-supporter talking point that takes a real 1987 dedication ceremony and stretches it into a much broader claim than the evidence supports

[Elsie]

CLAIM: ... the many anchor/drogue stones found within a few miles of the Durupınar Noah’s ark site.

ME: HMMMmmm...

COPILOT: The "anchor stones" are one of the strongest arguments Wyatt supporters raise, but they're also one of the most disputed.

Supporters point to large pierced stones found around the Ağrı/Doğubayazıt region and argue they were drogue stones (ancient sea anchors) carried by Noah's Ark. Wyatt's team claimed some had crosses (really?) and markings and that clusters of them near the Durupınar formation represented anchors deployed after the Flood.

The problems are:

1. The stones are not unique to the ark site. Similar pierced stones are found elsewhere in Anatolia and have been interpreted as grave markers, memorial stones, architectural elements, or other cultural artifacts.

2. Distance is an issue. Many of the stones cited by Wyatt are not at the boat-shaped formation itself, but are scattered over a broad area. Critics argue that finding unusual stones within a few miles of a proposed ark site does not establish a connection between them.

3. Lack of archaeological consensus. Mainstream archaeologists do not generally accept that these stones have been demonstrated to be nautical drogue stones, much less that they can be connected specifically to Noah's Ark.

4. The Flood scenario creates evidentiary challenges. Even if a stone were proven to be a drogue stone, that would not by itself prove it came from a particular vessel, or from a vessel dating to the biblical Flood.

What's interesting, Charlie, is that the drogue-stone argument is actually stronger than some of Wyatt's other claims because it involves real objects that can be photographed and examined. The weak point is not that the stones don't exist. The weak point is the chain of inference:

pierced stone → drogue stone → ancient ship → Noah's Ark → Durupınar formation

Each step requires evidence, and most archaeologists believe the later steps have not been demonstrated.

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One thing I've noticed when digging through Wyatt claims is that supporters often present the anchor stones as if they are universally accepted artifacts whose only possible purpose was maritime. The actual debate starts much earlier: many specialists aren't convinced they were ship anchors in the first place.

[Philsworld]

Seawater?

I was RAIN (fresh water) and fountains of the deep (wells?)

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There was clearly a sea (seas...multiple) and they mixed with all the freshwater God added on the earth to cause the flood.

Genesis 1:
20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

[Getready]

https://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/01/how-to-make-petrified-wood/

FYI

[Elsie]

CLAIM: We have some people who seem to think that insisting on the superiority of their particular sect is more important than actually practicing Christianity.

ME:  Really?

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As I was walking across a bridge one day; I saw a man standing outside the railing, about to jump off.

 

So I ran over and said, "Stop! Don't do it!"

"Why shouldn't I?" he said.

 

I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"

He said, "Like what?"

 

I said, "Well...are you religious or atheist?"

He said, "Religious."

 

I said, "Me too! Are you Christian or Buddhist?"

He said, "Christian."

 

I said, "Me too! Are you Catholic or Protestant?"

He said, "Protestant."

 

I said, "Me too! Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?"

He said, "Baptist!"

 

I said,"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist Church of GOD or Baptist Church of the Lord?"

He said, "Baptist Church of GOD!"

 

I said, "Me too! Are you Original Baptist Church of GOD, or are you Reformed Baptist Church of GOD?"

He said,"Reformed Baptist Church of GOD!"

 

I said, "Me too! Are you Reformed Baptist Church of GOD, reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of GOD, reformation of 1915?"

He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of GOD, reformation of 1915!"

 

I said, "Die, heretic scum", and pushed him off.

 

-- Emo Phillips

[Elsie]

OTZI might have a different take on this...

[Elsie]

Two??

 

Genesis 7:2-3

“Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate,

and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and

also seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air—male and female—to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.”

[Elsie]

Crosses came into the story a LOT later than Noah and his clan.

[Philsworld]

Who told Turkish authorities that the site was Noah’s ark?

[Philsworld]

——>Crosses came into the story a LOT later than Noah and his clan.

I agree. My point is that THEY ALL KNEW.

[Elsie]

Why do you think Mary is not in Heaven?

That seems like quite a presumption.

Why do you think Mary IS in Heaven?

That is a Catholic claim with zero proof.

[Elsie]

...you’re hung up on cow’s?

[Jamestown1630]

is there evidence that Mary would have gone to the downstairs realm?

All evidence we have is that she was a good, God fearing woman.

[Bullish]

Every couple of years like clockwork.