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CIA and As the Senior U.S Central Intelligence Agency W•ashington , D.C. 20505 16 April2014 Mr. John Greenewald, Jr. The Black Vault Reference: F-2014-01293 Dear Mr. Greenewald: This is a final response to your 10 April 2014 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received in the office of the Information and Privacy Coordinator on 10 April 2014, for a copy of all documents pertaining to "Noah's Ark." Our records show that we conducted a search on behalf of an earlier request for records pertaining to the subject of your request. Therefore, we are enclosing the 12 documents, consisting of 49 pages, which we believe to be responsive to your request. These documents were located and released in connection with the earlier request and as part of another release program. Because you are entitled to the first 100 pages free, there is no charge for these documents. Sincerely, ./(~£/ Michele Meeks Information and Privacy Coordinator Enclosures t Background: Dr. carver is considered to be "America's foremost authority on intelligence and security." He served as Deputy for National Intelligence to two ( 2) former Directors of the CIA and as the senior u.s. intelligence officer in NATO·. He is a Yale graduate and has a doctorate from Oxford University. He is the only person in the history of the CIA to be twice awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal. Title of Dr. carver's Speech: "We cannot Afford Surprises - We Must Be Prepared To Prevent Them.•• *Excerpt from Question and AnSWer Session Porcher L. Taylor. III: "Dr. carver, I'm a West Point graduate and while I was a cadet at the Academy in 1973, there was a strong rumor going around, that one of our military spy satellites was flying down the Russian/Turkish corridor taking photographs of a Soviet . missile site and apparently accidentally took photographs on the TUrkish side, of a large wooden object which appeared to be a ship stuck in a glacier about 14,000 feet on Mount Ararat. Strong rumors going around the Academy at that time was that apparently our intelligence people at the CIA might have classified photographs of Noah's Ark, and I was wondering if you had any comments about that." Laughter From Audience. Dr. carver: "Well, I don't · recall the CIA working on Noah's Ark, but I do remember that at the time there were some pictures taken, and there were clear indications that there was something ,.. up on Mount Ararat, which was rather strange. There was various archaeological expeditions that were mounted. The TUrkish government . was not to thrilled about supporting them, because it was getting into an area that was politically dicey . from the Turks' point of view. But that is but one of the indications, you know, I haven't been up there, I don't think anyone has, but it certainly was eyebrow lifting and it was certainly another indication that despite its splendor as a work of poetry, the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, might not be all that bad as history also." Porcher L. Taylor. III: ."Thank you, Sir. 11 -} j'f~~cv1~ -fyoW\ J ye- P{ f~~ Bt~ 1•><~\,\t. (9 _ ____________...:._ o. 0 0 --..] • . '; . ,, :,, ..· . .. • • . I • . • ./. .;o : 0 \.D :¢cuqy~;<);r:deftorelease crucial CIA photos .i 'N co 7 !joah 's Mount · ·1 · ·: ~ ~ ~~l!.~f.~if.!tl/show kk on Aiar(!t in.·Easteril Turkey .n. ' ···':-·:·,.: was acne other that TUD WeUJe:. writing in the New Yoric on Oct W~pon.~: . ~ . execoli~-e-~-io-preparati?n T~ .. _, takcp- • .tbe_departmg chief of CIA, Dtrcctor James Woolsey 1994 preV!ously-conlirtned that "Ointoa I.00~2ly ~y . ~0. :tdminisrra­ t · . · . · . • . tiOD a new. on government military ,m~ve~ents ~ bimself. ~ p~mi~d ~ecutivc order ·-: In tesr1mouy he ga.ve al ·.the Senate Screct &ecrecy_ II looked like or old ~ ~~~.li-w~;.: ~ ~ocum~~ts ~- years wliat;was. belie~ed w:: ·.C~Uec oo mtellig~ onfacllai)' II; 1995, be con- would be ~y decJ:ISSlfiedr.: Jes.nca MattJM:ws· o sucb be siglltd on _Foretgn Relations :tlso wrote the :~ obj~ · T?e pt~:. firmc:d.t~t an.ex~tive _ directive _ pld- ~the C~uncil r~ _the: ::·any_tlme soon. Aoswenng ·a question .o i the "prioritiza- ..on 13,_199-4 that Clinton : ~IIi P.~iStOU: 1 Wa.s_hi}lgto~ P~st N(l~. tft~ U.S,_possessed II: ;._lion of intelligence." ·data. Woolsev said tbat·-a , OOIIUD..IStr:ltJon rs a new order ~ ·~presi- ser.~~~sue exc:<;~~tJv~ _.,: ·A.::.: · .:· -. ·. · ":dential decision ·directive l think· will be coining out . rele.ue old IDalcriii.l, ~ ~: ~:--:- incfu~mg pot:nll~ mvaJ~ ;~ witbing the weeks. .." . : _. Se4! page il8= · . .thc.~~~ .ohuch.:·.. neu few "CLINTON'' on ! ay sign .execUiivioider to release ~fiicial CIA phOtos. .. -·.. .. · . ;·.. classified photos- · up tb:ll·would·lead to Yom Kippur in the -Intelligence Medal. Taylor Diet 'or •.Carver lbe W~ ~t a . ~ · · : . foUowing October:Thus the U.S:-w:mted Lo'ger. Round Table m~ting held on March 11, 1993 in and llie ~lligenoe . communi- pictures of the Soviet troOp- movements "the Palm Beach, Florida: Ill question and wwer e:ISt of Ne\~ lllat incl,uded Soviet nuclear missi~ si~ forty miles co Ill<: $~siC?n following ~er's sp~ch, Taylor as'l{ed I e wtU be pr~den- Moon! Ararat." "Accordtng to the rumor 'l'r'beu I him tf he bad any comments on the "Ar:Lnl release. a groul' of ~-as at West Point. one of oar miliwv n:connms- Anomaly"· pbolo. CMver said '1 do remember 3t mai~ .satellites saoce sarellites J1ving over the • the time there were some piCWIO bken. and there 1 . So ..iet-Turkish bocder taking pictorcs of top- ~clear indications that there was somet!J.iM up dcev close!~ is ·lhar secret Soviet' missile sire 'on the Sovi.:t border has on ML Ararat. wbich was rather stro.nge. There tOrD!llv" of I9'n, captured something else instead," he s.Ud." were ~-arious arcl!ClCO!ogical expedition& lha1 ""-ere ·UJ, a 'Vest Point -. Someone accidentally turned oo the camet:lS a few .IOOunled. The Turkish governmenc was aot too · ida·wbo h:u be~n · seconds early, 3lld the satellite ficked up a large : thrilled about supporting them, because it wa.s get­ 1 acident for the L1sl - "anomalous objectiY jutting out o the icc caP.Iocat· ~ ting into an area that w;u ~litiQUy dicey from !he; : is not yet·2S yean·-· ed at about 13,000 foot level oo 'the aortb face. o(. ·Turks' point of view." ~rver added lbal "the !I that CIA director Moont AraraL". The rumor .wu Char -the object wu. Pentateuch, ~ fim five books of the Bible, midi! · a· special ap-pe:tllo manmade.- constructed of wood, and over 400 feet not be all lh3t bad·as history al~o" since it lalfed · ly-1994lo liave it in~edlength. · • · - aboutNoab'sArklaodingonMt.Araral l· • be rele2sed · · .'l'b¢ pboro was lbe subject of a CBS television· · Pran.k· Cillu(f~>, aJellow at the' Center of !· s c::illcd the .. Atml ~e lmle tWo-bOlD' ~at - aired on February 20, Strategic and lnternarionai.Studies, who had 1.he was· a student 1993, '1'be lnaedibJe: Discovery of Noah's Ark.~ worked with Dr. Cmer io tbe Jmt as his as,\istant I "Everybody knew On tbat show, seyeral retireCi military pilots on-various -projects, confumed for TON that "Dr. ll ure," Taylor-said. · claimed that the ~emagon bad quality photOs of the ~-·Carver· was· vc'Y ·excitcd"·about ·the ·"Ararat .: !he .word got around ·"object... -. • • : · Anoznaly" photo an question: · . · · ;· . Uy shot a picrure of There have been numerous attempts in the pasl ·Tae 1'DN has learned tb:it a senior· member of ~ om under the Chick to discover '':'loah's Ark" .on ML Ararat. including the u.s. Congre.~ is bOW aware of the i~c-and -1 There w:is a w~de much poblicized expedilion."_organized by U.S. one of his. top aides reportedly ·got in couch with : ClA pboro inter- ascro~ut Jim Irving. None of these expeditions the CIA and the While House, as well as lhe ;r.erious picture' ~v~ prOduted aqy conclusiv~ ~esul~. Wba! con~inced National ~c~~l)' C®ncil for incl'!Sion. of ~ucb . I 1 ark-Wped ob;ect. Taylor as ro lhc aathc:ot1c1ty or the rumored pboro CIA pho(os wmnn the ex~tcd pres1deooal dttcc- wa.~ he to ;mit anything.,. The the confinnalion received from one of the live. A source close the CIA confirmed for TDN • .I, I . in I I I a gor~e about c:steemed naines of the U.S. intelligence communi- Ihat Che directive '"mi1!bt be signed soon,. by . ,. i the snmnuc on the ty, George A. Carver, Jr. Carver Served as det>_Utv President Clin1on. Yet die ~Vhite Howe cefr.tined I Vari'ous attempts lO (or Naliooal Inlclligence io two former GIA from coufuming or deaying t1Je di.recti.,.e and its . I anv results citlier. I>ircctcn and as 'the senior U.S. intelligeOCI; officer contents. "I am not authOrized co L3.l.k ro press on j >N tballhe SUII\JI\er' in NATO. He is the onlv oerr.t>n in the historv of that," a While Hoose press offJCialtold TON. CNN i Arab mil!rnry build the CIA to 'be lwice awarded the Distioguiihed and T'une magazine ill'e expected !O do special Ste• ' lcoo72 64 73---------- - . - · ~ Central Intelligence Agency Office of the Deputy Director for Science lc Technology 7 February 1994 NOTE FOR: EA/DCI ES/Action Officer FRoM: EA/DDS&T SUBJECT: Noah's Ark and Mt .
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