US Conspiracist Involved with High-Profile “Noah’s Ark” Investigation in Turkey

From the Daily Mail‘s “US Science & Technology Editor”, last month: High in the mountains of Turkey sits a mysterious boat-shaped formation that some researchers believe could be the remains of Noah’s Ark. …Now, an international team examining the Durupınar Formation near Mount Ararat claims it has ‘100 percent confirmed’ that the mound is not a natural geological feature but a ‘man-made object.’ …Independent researcher Andrew Jones, the founder of Noah’s Ark Scans who has investigated the area for nearly 30 years, told the Daily Mail neither the radar surveys nor drilling conducted inside the formation detected limestone or solid bedrock. …Lauren Witzke, director of marketing and fundraising for Noah’s Ark Scans, claimed the formation’s uppermost section is deteriorating. Claims about the Durupınar Formation have been tabloid fodder for years, although it has long been established that the formation is natural rock (we’ll leave aside the obvious problems with taking the story of…