(word processor parameters LM=1, RM=70, TM=2, BM=2) Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501 Sponsored by Vangard Sciences PO BOX 1031 Mesquite, TX 75150 NOAHARK2.ASC November 5, 1990 this file courtesy of the IJCR BBS at 817 346 1038 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vangard Notes >>> In 1948, an earthquake in Turkey disgorged the remains of what is believed to be the original Ark of Man - Noahs' Ark. A military overflight taking photographs of the landscape for reconaissance purposes noted a strange new pattern in the form of a giant ship. David Fasold, an ex-Merchant Marine and amateur archeologist heard stories about the Ark and became intriqued with this particular one. After years of research and spending in excess of $150,000 of his own money, David has confirmed that this is the true ARK of Noah. A book is currently out, "The Ark of Noah", published in 1988 by Wynwood Press of New York. ü The ISBN number is 0-922066-10-8 and it can be ordered from most book suppliers such as Taylors or Waldenbooks. David tells us it is soon to come out in paperback. The hardback version sells for $18.95. BUY IT, you will not regret the purchase! Mr. Fasolds' discovery of the ARK of Noah has been verified by some of the top scientists in the field. Mr. Ron Wyatt from Madison, Tennessee one of the top scientists in the country on sub-surface radar research, Dr. John Baumgardner from Los Alamos research center, Mr. Vendyl Jones (A.K.A. Indiana Jones)., and many others who we will not list. David makes no claims as to actually discovering the Ark. He rediscovered it after many other researchers had pronounced the site as not the remains of a ship, but a geological formation. The true discoverer of the Ark is a Turkish farmer named Reshit Sarihan. An earthquake occurred in 1948 which shifted the ground where the Ark had rested all these centuries. At that time, not much notice was taken of the exposed shape until a military photo reconaissance overflight took pictures which showed the shape of a very large ship. Page 1 However, David did make the contacts and do the quite incredible amount of research necessary to locate and verify his site as the TRUE ARK of NOAH. He has spent over $100,000 of his own money and in excess of 6 years on the ARK project. We consider ourselves extremely fortunate to have been allowed to meet such a fascinating and capable researcher as David Fasold. His work is currently unappreciated and not even suspected by the masses. It seems orthodox Christianity MUST FIND THE ARK ON THE MOUNT OF ARARAT TO VERIFY THEIR FAITH. In truth, the translations in the Bible have been so in error that many people searching for these wonderful historical treasures have been led astray. The primary problem has been their failure to consult other ancient texts concurrent with the event. Corruption of records takes on an almost logarthmic certainty as time passes. Each ruler wants history to begin with him or to alter past history to his views. This is one of the things we most admired about David, his tenacity and his wide ranging research efforts. He consulted dozens of texts including the Torah, the Koran, the Epic of Gilgamesh and many others to piece together the true location. David visited with us in October of 1989 in Dallas. We were with him on several occasions while he lectured with Vendyl Jones at various engagements around the country using Arlington (Vendyl's home) as a base. David is so fascinating that we had to have a mini meeting of interested friends and associates to share some of his experiences. He brought with him maps, 2 pieces of the ARK, many photographs and some videotape of his discovery. The pieces of the ARK were most interesting as they were almost petrified wood with highly oxidized iron fragments. David said these came directly from the ARK site. David has been working in conjunction with the Turkish government to arrange summer tours for those who might wish to visit the Noah's Ark site. If you ever get a chance to hear him speak or to meet or speak with him, DON'T PASS IT UP! He will hypnotize and enthrall you with his anecdotes and the recounting of his discovery of the ARK. I - Jerry Decker, had the privilege of attending the 1989 International Geophysical Symposium as a guest of Vendyl Jones and David Fasold. Both gave presentations which simply mesmerized these Engineers and Scientists from all over the world. It was Page 2 truly amazing to see how these people very technically oriented clustered around both David and Vendyl to ask questions about their archeological researches. Another thing that David has noted which we all find very interesting is that the day of the earthquake in 1948 is the same date that Israel became a nation, just as in Biblical prophecy! David found an interesting Egyptian myth which tells the story of how the Moon was coerced into sharing some of its light. In fact, it had to do with a slowing down of the Earth's rotation which, since it is a giant armature, necessarily reduced the magnetic field. Zecharia Sitchin's excellent books also give many translations relating to events in pre-dawn times. Also why did people live such long life spans as compared with people of today. Is it possible that the slowing down of the Earth's rotation caused a change in the human body's electric field due to the decreased magnetism? Is this why the Dinosaurs died out? Or could it be that one who had eaten of the "AMOMUM" root (the root of Youth) as mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh: " Its name is The Old Will Be Made Young. " I too will eat it, and I will return to What I Was In My Youth." ( These are some of the questions into which we of Vangard Sciences are interested and looking into.) Mr. Fasolds' book can be purchased at any book store or you can write to him. ADDRESS: Mr. David Fasold 9921 Carmel Mtn. Rd. San Diego, Ca. 92129 If this article is of interest to you, we suggest you also download NOAHLAW and NOAHARK1 either with an extension of .ZIP for IBM's or .ASC (ASCII) for non-IBM computers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- N O A H ' S A R K U P D A T E We have been in communication with Dave Fasold. He has sent some very interesting information. Following is a letter and selective comments. I want to thank Dave for his support and encouragement. 12/14/89 Dear Dave and Sandra, Rushing this off to you as promised, as I have a busy schedule this weekend. Have to go up to LA and do some voice overs for the PBS film which looks like MARCH airing. Also meeting with two tour companies for the Ark trips and both want exclusive! Enjoyed your latest GAP and keep it up. I'll try to write on something else next time. Wearing my Tennessee T-shirt proudly and thinking of you both. Keep researching....edit away at my article! Your shipmate aboard the mother-ship, Well it's that time of year again folks. The perennial seeding of Mount Ararat with sightings of the Ark left to germinate over the long winter months. For those Boob-Tube Believers who like to split their offering between the Fund-O-Faith Growth and Income Network and the Cathedral of Reciprocity looking forward to their Seeds of Faith Multiplying into getting that cruise and Mercedes, it may not leave much left over to support the Ararat Groups in their yearly mountian climbing v cation at Christendom's expense, but that's what they are crying for again. The latest sighting was announced in the TURKISH DAILY NEWS under the headline of "Turks angered by Americans' claim of discovery of the Ark." ANKARA- Agri Governor Rasim Bas and a Turkish scholar exploring for the legendary Noah's Ark disputed, Friday, claims by two Americans that they have discovered Noah's Ark on the southside of Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey while flying over it in a helicopter. "What the two said to reporters have no connection whatsoever with science and have no scientific value," the angry governor said, adding that it was impossible to announce a discovery only by taking photographs and flying over a region. What had Church Aaron, the pilot said? Aaron said, "We are 100% sure this is the Ark." Atatuck associate professor Salih Bayraktutan, who heads a commission exploring Noah's Ark said the sole "scientific data" at hand shows that remains at the Uzengili village (my site) which have been place under state protection were the remains of the Ark. He said the physical findings and scientific report on the issue will be published in 1990. Bayraktutan went on to say that "Americans were trying to prove the variability of the Holy Bible Page 4 against the Holy Koran by finding the Ark and displaying `how correct' the Bible was. Many Christian fundamentalists who interpret the Bible literally, believe the Ark must be on Mt. Ararat." He also said "Americans are exploiting the issue," and that "all foreigners who claim to be looking for the Ark have a Christian fundamentalist organization supporting them." As always with these kind of articles, reporters find someone with a sheepskin in earth sciences and quote him saying my site is nothing but a rock formation shaped by thousands of years of erosion. I would lay five to one odds that this geologist has never been to my site, would dispute there ever was a flood or even care to know that the object has been exposed for a MERE 41 years! Another Turkish newspaper picked up the flurry and said tongue-in- cheek that now Turkey boasts TWO ARKS, and provides a verG detailed list of Christendoms' false claim of discovery over the past 140 years. Believe me, the issue is not whether the Ark can be in two places at once or the possibility of two Arks. It runs much deeper than that. Before leaving Turkey, Aaron and Garby implored the Minister of Antiquities to insure that the area of the find be protected from any disturbance whatsoever, possibly relating their fear that George Vandeman might attempt to dislodge pieces of gopher wood by blowing the sides out with dynamite (AON, p.33) Now how do I feel about this? For one thing, befuddled that after four years of on site research with geologists and geophysicists 17 miles south, and 27 years in the maritime industries, the claim that I am on a shipwreck is thwarted by an astronaut who says, "I'd like it looked at by experts" suggesting my opinions are impetuous and premature, but let a pharmacist and pilot hang out of a helicopter and peer into an ice cave formed by a lava vent and it's acceptable to say "We are 100% sure" we are looking into the bowels of the Ark! While my site has been officially declared by the Turkish Government as the remains of the Ark, Irwin calling for an expert's opinion at this late date seems a little odd. Soon after leaving the conference, Vendyl was good enough to share his podium at the fifty-ninth Annual International Meeting and Exposition of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists at the Dallas Convention Center with me, where I gave a luncheon address on the discovery of the remains of the wreck. Stressing the scientific data and the instrumentation put to use, it was well received, and I continue receiving mail on the subject. I feel that if one can pass scrutiny of THESE EXPERTS as well as convince the Turks, I should have proved my case....astronauts opinions not with-standing. Page 5 Never the less, the December issue of the Bible-Science Newsletter heralded the discovery complete with a photo of the `Ark' on the southside of Ararat. I was surprised to see it was the prominent outcropping of lava easily seen through binoculars from the roof of the Isfahan Hotel. Christendom's explorations are going high-tech now, with whirly- birds at $500.00 an hour (it costs $8,000 just to get it to Ararat and back) and the two are seeking funds ($30,000.00) to get an airborne radar, so this is a desperate appeal to prove the Bible true. There are a number of guides who have sat on this lava balcony, and even been inside the depression (a small cave of sorts, not the insides of the Ark) leaving me wonder "why the charade?" Within this bunch, there is a kind of pecking order, a sort of jockeying for position of Inspector # 12, you remember the Hanes underwear factory...if its not passed by #12, it ain't Hanes? Well, John Morris had held this position for years, chiefly due to his status as vice president of Creation Research and Creation Life Publishers. If you want to fill the heads of little children with Biblical truths such as "All of the various kinds of land dinosaurs were on the Ark with the rest of the animals" (Noah's Ark and the Lost World by John D. Morris, 1988 page 17) or publish your own pet theory as a tenant of Christian faith, then one should go along with Morris as the expert. He took a look at the site and said, "I don't really think it is the Ark." His traveling companion was Grant Richards, another geologist that after viewing the site from the air said, "it appears to be a volcanic feature," following up with it was "an unusual feature!" Now folks! I know it is unusual to find volcanic features on volcanic mountains, and I'll admit I'm mystified myself, but I am taking bets at five-to-one odds, that this (lava vent) isn't Noah's Ark, and furthermore I intend to stay in Turkey all summer of 1990 taking tours to the REAL ARK waiting for these vicars of truth to prove me wrong! Let me repeat, that it is not a biblical truth, that the Ark is on Ararat. Ararat is a land and a kingdom by biblical definition, and a very mountainous land and kingdom, and any mountain will do. I challenge anyone to show me a document written prior to the 12th century C.E. stating the Ark is on Ararat. This is Armenian/Christian nonsense and for those who believe in such things, they should study the letter by Sbgar, king of Armenia, to Jesus, the benevolent Savior, and his reply, penned by the Apostle Thomas (Bishop Ukhtanes of Sebastia's HISTORY OF ARMENIA) for a better laugh! It is here we can see so clearly, that history is a myth agreed upon that for a great part is accepted without any substance or evidence. Page 6 A hodge-podge of theol gical nonsense that has been building since Constantine's time and carried around as so much Byzantine baggage by believers without any critical examination as to the truth of it. The most faith shaking study of all, is the history of the church since those times, and with it has taught us to accept these as tenets of the Christian faith. The emphasis here for the continued search for the Ark on Ararat, has been correctly deduced in the Turkish Press by Bayraktutan. Bayraktutan sees this quest as Christian fundamentalists capitalizing on the search as an evangelical tool, to bring millions to Christ. It is my view that Christendom wouldn't recognize the Ark if they were standing on it or Christ, if they came face to face with the long lost Rabboni Yeshua Ben Yosef. Let me say in closing how much I enjoyed being the guest of the Emmanuel Baptist Church and David and Sandra Davis over the conference period. You all have been most warm in receiving me and my heretical notions and I am proud to feel that I am one among you during these trying times of religious fictions that understandably are driving many rationally-minded people out of religion altogether. I support the line-upon-line examinations of David Davis and Jack Saunders and dearly hope that Rabbi Katz will continue to guide us along the path of the righteous Gentile. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard Sciences address as previously listed. Thank you for your consideration, interest and support. Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet -------------------------------------------------------------------- If we can be of service, you may contact Jerry at (214) 324-8741 or Ron at (214) 242-9346 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 7