A Most Amazing Series of Events

Soon after this, he called Dave and asked him if he'd like to go to Turkey and do a radar scan- and of course, Dave was all for it. Ron never mentioned the fact that he didn't have the radar scanner. On June 21, they arrived in Turkey, but the only radar scanner Ron had was the one Gary had built. From the airport, they headed to the Kent Hotel to check in for the night, but they discovered it was full. Dave suggested a hotel Ron had never stayed in and as fate would have it, they were able to get a room.

Then, a very strange thing happened. After they checked in, one of the men from the hotel came to Ron to tell him that they had some luggage with his name on it. Knowing he'd never stayed there before, Ron was puzzled and asked to see it. When he got to the luggage room, there sat the SIR-3 with his name still in the glassine window on the gray bag! For Ron, it was one of those moments that defy explanation. After the fact, Ron had his suspicions as to how it got there, but for the moment, he knew had to take action.

He went to his room and called the radar's owner. He explained to him that he'd found the radar abandoned in a hotel and asked him if he wanted him to bring it home. The answer was "yes". Then, he asked if he could go ahead and use it, since he was there and it was there... and again, the answer was "yes". A brief explanation revealed that after Mr. T had convinced the owner not to trust Ron, he had succeeded in convincing the owner to allow HIM (Mr. T) to bring it to Turkey to do the scan. But something happened and he had simply abandoned it in the hotel. Though to this day, all the details haven't come to light, we know that for some reason, he was unable to take it back out of the country.

Strangely, Dave never questioned Ron about the radar and its mysterious appearance. And Ron never mentioned it to him. All he wanted to do was scan the site. They decided to head out immediately and do the scan without picking up the permit and getting it processed in Agri. It was taking a chance, but they weighed the odds and this seemed like the thing to do. They had little time to waste and Ron had been promised the permit.

Finally, the RADAR SCANS!

They arrived with no problems and immediately did the scans, Ron in a state of paranoia and Dave ecstatic at what was showing up on the printout. At this time, Ron hadn't received his training on the system since he had received the letter from the radar's owner telling him he wouldn't be allowed to use it, but Dave had, and so they videoed several passes as they were being done. The results were so spectacular that Ron returned to the hotel and called John Baumgardner and Bill Shea to see if they could come over.

It was decided that they would come if Ron could get the permits. He went to Ankara, picked up the permits and headed for Agri. John, his financier, his wife, and his film crew were on their way. Bill Shea would get there as soon as he could.

Disaster Strikes

John's group arrived, bringing a hot-air balloon which they planned to use to get film of the site from the air. They checked into their rooms, then disaster struck. While they erected the balloon in the hotel parking lot, it caught on fire and the ensuing blaze caused such a commotion that the entire operation was effectively shut down. When Dr. Shea arrived, the site was closed and he never got near enough to see the object of his many years of study and efforts. Ron arrived from Agri to find this situation, and it was to be the last time he, Dave and John ever worked together.

He took Dr. Shea to see the anchor stones and the other objects of interest in and near the village, but that was all he got to see.

Back home, Ron delivered the radar back to the businessman's company and received a signed receipt, which he kept. In order to keep the name of the businessman and his company confidential (he asked to remain anonymous), we've left all names out in the following quotation of the receipt:

"This is to verify that we have received from Ronald Wyatt the SIR equipment brought back from Turkey at the request of [the businessman/owner]. Received equipment on July 21, 1986. The scanner wheels are in the possession of ["Mr. T"] at his home and were not a part of the equipment returned from Turkey. Also received were copies of the SIR scan of the boat formation in Eastern Turkey and a copy of Mr. Wyatt's permit from the Turkish government under which authority the scan was made. Equipment appeared to be in good condition. [Name] and [Name] met Mr. Wyatt at the elevator and received the equipment.

It is signed by both Ron and a representative of the owner's company, and is dated July 21, 1986. Next...