October 20, 2001 - 00:00 AMT
AMERICANS TO LOOK FOR NOAH'S ARK ON ARARAT MOUNTAIN

From Vandenberg airbase in California, a satellite was launched yesterday. It is assumed that it will be used in the search of the Noah's Ark that is on Ararat Mountain. The satellite is to take photos of the Earth. In summer scientist of Richmond University Porcher Tailor addressed the leadership of «Digital Globe» firm that is the project sponsor, with a request to help to prove the theory that Noah's Ark is on Ararat mountain. According to Tailor, photos of one of the parts of the mountain that is 4.7 km high have to be taken. A strange object was found there, when photos were taken in 1949. This object, called «Ararat anomaly» is 182 m long. The photos of the anomaly, taken in 1999 and 2000, could not help to solve the mystery.