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Workspace Storage Copy Data Management
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Created on Nov 15, 2026

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Core-Sample Custody Record

PROBLEM: In October 2026 the Noah's Ark Scans team said it core-drilled 12+ locations at Durupınar to ~20 meters and "did not find bedrock at all" — yet 1988 cores in the same formation hit basalt at 6–7 meters, and no 2026 core logs have been released. One drill bit broke on a hard layer ~4–5 meters down; the team says it "could be petrified or mineralized wood" and that they do not yet know. An aggregator report (Oct 31, 2026) claims charred and uncharred timber came up from ~30 feet — with no independent lab confirmation. A core sample that cannot be traced from hole to lab is a story, not a specimen.

SOLUTION: A core-sample custody record: every core logged from drill hole to laboratory — depth, location, handler, lab, and result — with the log published before any conclusion is announced, so a claimed find can be checked against the hole it came from.

EVIDENCE BASIS: DOCUMENTED — 1988 Bayraktutan/Baumgardner cores (basalt at 6–7 m, folded rock in the south); REPORTED — 2026 drilling claims (12+ holes, no bedrock claim, bit broken at 4–5 m, no core logs released, lab results expected "this winter"); REPORTED ONLY — Oct 31, 2026 timber claim (aggregator via GB News/SWNS, no lab confirmation).

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