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DIA releases 1949 aerial photos of the "Ararat anomaly"

· by US Defense Intelligence Agency

After a FOIA campaign by Porcher Taylor, the Defense Intelligence Agency released June 1949 US Air Force photos of a feature on Ararat and an analysis calling it shadows, ice and snow.

Grainy 1949 US aerial photo of the snow-covered 'Ararat anomaly'
US Defense Intelligence Agency (1949 photo, released 1995) / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source

What is claimed

Some, including Taylor, have said the feature near the western summit might be a man-made structure.

What is established

The DIA analysis described the "anomaly" as linear facades of glacial ice under recent snow, with tone and texture consistent with shadowed snow, ice and debris. Status reflects the wider claim that the feature is the Ark, not the DIA's finding.

Claimant
US Defense Intelligence Agency
People involved
Porcher L. Taylor III
Site
Mount Ararat

Sources (2)

  1. Anomaly or Noah's Ark? (reprint of Insight magazine cover story 'The Mystery on Mt. Ararat')
    NoahsArkSearch.com, reprinting Insight on the News · published
  2. Ararat anomaly
    Wikipedia · published

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