Mysterious underground corridors have been discovered at a site in Turkey believed by some to be home to Noah's Ark, according to a US scientist who used high-tech subsurface scanning equipment at the location.
Dr Khosrow Bakhtar, a veteran scientist who previously worked for the Department of Defense, brought his BakhtarRadar technology to the famous Durupınar formation in Turkey. The technology is designed to wipe out geological noise such as rocks and dirt, allowing Dr Bakhtar to claim he detected an array of unnatural, organised patterns buried deep beneath the surface.
Massive corridors and chambers detected
According to Dr Bakhtar, the findings include massive underground corridors and chambers running through the 515-foot boat-shaped mound near the Mountains of Ararat.
Some scientists believe this discovery could be linked to Noah's Ark, though others have previously dismissed the Durupınar formation as a natural geological quirk.
Scientist calls finding 'most significant' of career
Dr Bakhtar said: "This is the most significant finding for 40 years of my career. I have never seen this kind of anomaly before."
He added: "If the anomalies were not important, we would not have seen them at all. But the fact that they showed so clearly indicates that they come from something. I am a hundred per cent sure that they come from the same original object."
He also said: "As we entered the boat, we identified a very strong interface, which is a very dark line going all the way down. If you look at the strength of the signature, it doesn't matter what depth you're looking at, they all have the same strength. We can quantify the repeated anomalies that, when you connect them, form corridors. Because of that, I think all the anomalies are related to one particular object."
Research group declares site '100% not geological'
The results were released by the research group Noah's Ark Scans, which declared that the site is "100% not geological." Dr Bakhtar, however, said he remains open-minded about what actually made the mysterious outline.
His comments came after an international expedition, jointly authorised by the Turkish government, ramped up physical work at the site. Researchers have begun coring and drilling into the formation to pull up soil and rock samples for laboratory testing.
Geologists insist that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, leaving the world waiting on the lab results to see if Dr Bakhtar's mysterious corridors really are the remains of Noah's Ark.
