Italian Explorer Claims Noah's Ark Find
GALLARATE, Italy - Nestled on the snowy cap of Mount Ararat, lodged in ice, lies the shadowy form of a boat the size of a battleship. "Hallelujah,'' cried a triumphant Antonio Palego as he set eyes on the legendary vessel after trekking up the mountain for days on foot and donkey. ``It's Noah's Ark!''
Laying out a series of grainy photos on his kitchen table back home in northern Italy, the 63-year-old former chemist points out the form of the huge boat estimated to be 512 feet long, 82 feet wide and 50 feet high with enough space to fit 800 train cars.
A small piece of wood found in the same area by a French explorer friend and authenticated as dating from the time of the flood is physical evidence of his find, he says. Palego isn't the first to claim to have found Noah's Ark.
Assorted ark hunters including scientists, archeologists and geologists also say they have unearthed the famous craft in various locations. In Australia, two scientists sued creationist Allen Roberts for misleading and deceptive conduct after he claimed to have found scientific evidence of Noah's Ark 20 miles southeast of Mount Ararat.A judge dismissed the case. The CIA believed it had stumbled on evidence that the Old Testament's evocative fable was true when a U.S. spy plane bound for military bases in the former Soviet Union took photographs of what appeared to be a vessel on the mountain. Some ark hunters have even gone on to build their own replicas. A pastor in the United States has been busy rebuilding the ark since he said he had visions from God."Many explorers, especially American, say they have found the ark, but their sightings do not correspond with the Bible's coordinates,'' Palego said. ``The CIA decided not to publish their photos after we highlighted that their vessel was not the right size.''(Photo:Palego's says that this is one of the ark's girders)

(Photo:One of Palego's fuzzy ark photo's)

Palego has a number of pictures on his site which are computer enhanced--a photo of the ark is inserted to make the location of the ark clearer. One thing of interest on his website is that wood purportedly from the ark was tested by a science lab which concluded that it was nearly 4,500 years old and petrified.
His website is located here:Palego's Website
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