Case file · High strangeness
The Durupınar 'ark' formation
In 1959 Turkish army captain İlhan Durupınar noticed a boat-shaped formation 30 km south of Ararat on aerial survey photos; Ron Wyatt promoted it as Noah's ark from 1977.
1959 CE · 39.44, 44.23 · status: explained
The account
Turkey opened a visitor centre at the site in 1987. Supporters cite radar scans and 'rivets'.
The sceptical view
Geologists, including creationist ones, identified it as a natural syncline formed by a mudflow; Life magazine's 1960 expedition found only earth and rock.