Have They Found Noah's Ark?

Have you been noticing all the prisoners who have recently been released because the DNA tests prove they had been wrongly convicted?  So wouldn't it have been nice to have DNA testing all those years ago to save them from their wrongful incarceration?

How about Noah's Ark?  What if scientists actually DID find the ark back in 1960, but not until later do we have the technology to confirm what the Bible says about the ark? 

In 1959, Turkish army captain Llhan Durupinar discovered an unusual shape while examining aerial photographs of his country. The smooth shape, larger than a football field, stood out from the rough and rocky terrain at an altitude of 6,300 feet near the Turkish border with Iran.

Capt. Durupinar was familiar with the biblical accounts of the Ark and its association with Mount Ararat in Turkey, but he was reluctant to jump to any conclusions. The region was very remote, yet it was inhabited with small villages. No previous reports of an object this odd had been made before. So he forwarded the photographic negative to a famous aerial photography expert named Dr. Brandenburger, at Ohio State University.

Brandenburger was responsible for discovering the Cuban missile bases during the Kennedy era from reconnaissance photos, and after carefully studying the photo, he concluded: "I have no doubt at all, that this object is a ship. In my entire career, I have never seen an object like this on a stereo photo."

In 1960 the picture [above] was published in LIFE magazine under the heading of Noahs Ark? That same year a group of Americans accompanied Capt. Durupinar to the site for a day and a half. They were expecting to find artifacts on the surface or something that would be unquestionably related to a ship of some kind. They did some digging in the area but found nothing conclusive and announced to the anxiously waiting world that it appeared to be a natural formation.

Most of the global media turned away from the find and it became a non-story.

In 1977 Ron Wyatt visited the site. Obtaining official permission, Ron and others conducted more thorough research over a period of several years. They used metal detection surveys, subsurface radar scans, and chemical analysis -- real science -- and their findings were startling. The evidence was undeniable. This was the Ark of Noah.

The first part of the survey was to examine the object and take its measurements. The shape looked like hull of a ship. One end was pointed as you would expect from bow [below: D] and the opposite end was blunt like a stern. The distance from bow to stern was 515 feet, or exactly 300 Egyptian cubits. The average width was 50 cubits. These were the exact measurements mentioned in the Bible.

Click on link to see photos along with this article;  http://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/470/Noah-s-Ark-Has-Been-Found-Why-Are-They-Keeping-Us-In-The-Dark-

Also notice this possible 'coincidence' that I spotted in the article;  "They think that an earthquake in 1948 cracked the mud shell and revealed the structure."

Hmmm....is it possible that God revealed to the world the rebirth of Israel in 1948 and ALSO revealed a hidden mystery surrounding the Biblical account of the flood and Noah's Ark?

Remember friends, wherever anthropologists have gone in the world to 'discover' different people groups, from Australia to Siberia, whenever they ask, "Where does tradition say your people came from?"....the answer the vast majority of the time is, "Well it was right after the Great Flood and....."

The Bible is true!  Even the parts that are too incredible for our tiny minds to comprehend.

Don't be surprised if Israel soon discovers the Ark of the Covenant as they continue to seek a way to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.

Hat tip to Guy B.

Update on 12/18/13...for what it is worth I ran across this SNOPES article which is saying lots of things in the above aren't true.  Whether or not you choose to believe SNOPES is entirely up to you, but you may want to check it out anyway.

I wondered it the new Noah's Ark movie coming out starring Russell Crowe had anything to do with the resurgence of this article claiming to have more proof of finding the ark?

Here;  http://www.snopes.com/religion/noahsark.asp