Case · Cold War–present
CIA, Noah's Ark and archaeological UFOs
Ararat document, Lundahl, and the Riggs family
Hume treats archaeological UFOlogy as OOPArts more than ancient astronauts. The live file is CIA DOC_0000728028 on Noah's Ark / Ararat (hat-tip Lee Nicholson), the Don/Harold Riggs story in The Pyramid and the Pentagon, Lundahl's involvement, and Redfern's Moon Dust-biblical-relic / missing-Nazi overlay.
Findings
Each line is tagged as a FOIA outcome, something someone told Hume, open literature, a leak, or Hume's own reading. Do not treat the last as a document.
- 01Open literature
Hume and Lee Nicholson cite CIA Reading Room DOC_0000728028; CIA also publishes a FOIA item titled Noah's Ark and Mt. Ararat (0000839383).
- 02Hume's reading
Riggs narrative is the 'most interesting' archaeological case Hume names; Lundahl is in it.
- 03Hume's reading
Redfern: Moon Dust looking for biblical relics and missing Nazis — Hume says these threads are probably related.
Files
Names
Arthur C. Lundahl
Founding director, CIA NPIC
Told Jacques Vallée in 1989 that he possessed a fragment shot off a UFO during the 1952 Washington, D.C. flap and that IBM analysed it. AARO later looked for the piece for its historic report and could not locate it. Hume argues CIA then passed 1950s fragments to LMSSC, which is why AARO came up empty.
Don Riggs
Source in The Pyramid and the Pentagon
Told the story of his father Harold Riggs and archaeological/out-of-place artifacts (Noah's Ark). Hume calls this the most interesting archaeological-UFO case and notes Lundahl's involvement.
Harold Riggs
Father of Don Riggs
Subject of the Riggs family account Hume highlights for CIA archaeological interest.
Lee Nicholson
Independent researcher, Pendle, UK
Flagged CIA Reading Room DOC_0000728028 (Mount Ararat / Noah's Ark). Hume credited him.
Nick Redfern
Author
Hume recommends Redfern on alleged Moon Dust interest in biblical relics and the hunt for missing Nazis, tying that bundle to O'Donnell / Grier / D'Amato / Knapp / Jacobson.
Agencies
Documents & links
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- CIA Reading Room — Noah's Ark and Mt. Ararat (0000839383)
- Archived PDF — Noah's Ark and Mt. Ararat (0000839383)
Source posts
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- 2026-08-31
The archaeological aspect of UFOs seem to be things like Noah's Ark. This could be more of a case of out of place/time artifacts.