In the last paragraph of this report, it states:

"We conclude that the data from our geophysical investigations in no way conflict with the proposition that the unusual boat-shaped site near Maher village contains the remains of Noah's Ark...."

In simple terms, this report states that those radar scans did NOT rule out the possibility that the site contained "the remains of Noah's Ark".

In fact, the data presented in this report of a "sharply defined interface" that is "almost planar in form" is entirely consistent with Ron's 1984 conclusion that the floor of the hull is covered with ballast material, which he believes comprises the "interface" they detected. He had found large masses of manganese dioxide which had fallen out of the interior of the boat-shaped object where a 3 foot section of the northern end had broken away leaving a hole into the interior. Ballast is placed in the hulls of ship to provide stability, and it is secured in sections which hold it in place and prevent it from shifting.

Could the "interface" they detected have been the actual petrified timbers of the floor of the hull, as well as the ballast? It's possible,- in fact we believe this is quite likely. Since the density of the ballast material and that of the fossilized hull would be so much denser than the clay material and the calc-schist of the bedrock underneath the site, there would not be a recognizable interface between these 2 similarly dense materials. This concept is demonstrated by their statement concerning the "small dielectric contrast between the clay soil and the calc-schist rock".

The Depth Revealed by the Scans

This "planar" shaped interface varied between "4 to 8 m depth"(s), or 13 to 26 feet beneath the surface, which again confirms Ron's initial 1979 measurements taken through the longitudinal crack which was produced by the December 1978 earthquake. Ron's diagram with measurements, published in his 1980 booklet, "Noah's Ark- Found" is seen in below pic..

 

Interestingly, it was the 1984 specimen of "ballast material" which Col. Jim Irwin sent to Los Alamos Labs for analysis as a favor to Ron which first captured John Baumgardner's interest and led to his participation in researching the site.

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