Doğubayazıt

And we're in the ...

I'm, I'm, right now in this, uh, eastern area, Dogubayazit, on the south side of Mount Ararat.

And this area was, at the time, a very sensitive area by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Now it's Armenia's there, and of course we're right beside Iran.

This was the conclusion that the geologist Lawrence Jean Collins and Ark researcher David Franklin Fasold came to three decades ago.

Evidence from microscopic studies and photo analysis demonstrates that the supposed ark ne- and this is quite a long word, near Dogubayazit, is a completely natural rock formation, they have said in their study.

It cannot have been Noah's Ark, nor even a man-made model.

But they're really re- this new ba- batch of research is, they're absolutely convinced that it is.

Right, right

... five summers there in Dogubayazit, or as we call it, Doggie Biscuit, and, uh, the Durupinar site is very close to that.

It's just a couple clicks from Iran, and I never even had an interest or an inkling to drive from our base camp, or probably could've even hiked to look at the site.

Um, primarily-

In 1977, he and his two teenage sons, Danny and Ronnie, flew to Turkey.

It took several days of very uncomfortable travel to reach Dubai.

Ron had no idea where to begin looking for the boat-shaped object.

After all, it had now been 17 years since the 1960 expedition.

Ron drove to Colorado Springs and met with him, explaining about the boat-shaped object.

Colonel Irwin expressed interest in seeing the site, and in August of 1984, the two men flew together to Turkey.

Before going to Dubai, Colonel Irwin met with some friends in Ankara and took Ron along.

At their home, Ron was introduced to several people who would soon change the course of his research.