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CIA memo: 1992 imagery search of Ararat found nothing conclusive

· by Central Intelligence Agency

CIA documents say imagery analysts searched 1990-1992 imagery of Ararat at DCI Gates' direction and found nothing conclusive, only apparent rock formations.

First page of the CIA memorandum 'Noah's Ark' dated 15 February 1994
Central Intelligence Agency (via Internet Archive mirror of the CIA Reading Room) · Public domain (US federal government work) · source

What is established

The CIA's own finding was that its analysts saw nothing conclusive, only apparent rock formations, and that the agency had never conclusively identified Noah's Ark. Status reflects the wider Ararat-anomaly claim, not this finding.

Details

The documents (including a 7 February 1994 note) also say the agency had never conclusively identified Noah's Ark.

Claimant
Central Intelligence Agency
Site
Mount Ararat

Sources (2)

  1. Noah's Ark (CIA Office of Imagery Analysis memo OIA 044/94)
    CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room · published
  2. CIA documents on Noah's Ark and Mt. Ararat imagery (FOIA release)
    The Black Vault · published

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