In SKEPTIC Magazine, Vol. 2 No. 3, Jim Lippard gives a 12 page 
coverage of the laughable Sun Pictures / CBS "Noah's Ark" hoax 
uncovered by Jammal through the use of a hoax of his own.

Arkologist debunkers should find this lengthy article quite a 
good read and I found it wonderfully informative and fairly 
unbiased.  There are actual transcripts of interviews between 
Morris and Jammal taken on June 10'th, 1986.

        "Sun Goes Down In Flames:
        The Jammal Ark Hoax" by Jim Lippard.

        Internet: LIPPARD@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU ("James J. Lippard")

What I didn't know and Mr. Lippard mentions is "The hoax had 
actually been revealed in March in a press released from the 
Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion but hardly 
anyone took notice of it."  I did not know that!

I find this interesting because the SER is a _religious_ 
institution, to my knowledge, and yet was nearly ignored by 
fellow club members. When Skeptics Society advisor Gerald Larue 
informed Associated Press and (more importantly) _Time 
Magazine_, it became a sensation -- for obvious reasons: 
national magazine subscription and sales numbers.

And, yes, I find it vastly entertaining as well.  Mr. Lippard 
quotes various game-players __defending__ Mr. Jammal as being 
the __victim__ of a hoax, rather than the facts which came out 
later; that the claim Mr. Jammal was hoaxing CBS/ Sun Pictures 
while they (CBS) were in turn hoaxing the American public...  
well, one can experience a stack overflow contemplating what 
people believed when and how often they changed their beliefs.

To make a gleeful situation even more interesting, Mr. Michael 
Shermer of the Skeptics Society mentions that Sun Pictures have 
now claimed that it was _they_ who uncovered the Jammal Hoax.

As I mentioned to Mr. Lippard, they're not called "Dishonest 
Creationist" for nothing.

Jammal's Hoax started in 1985-1986 when he wrote a letter to 
Duane Gish of the Institure for Creation Science and told him 
about his (Jammal's) search for the ark which was eventually 
successful.  In his interview, Jammal used names of people he 
felt sure would eventually give his hoax away.  Some of the 
people who helped Jammal were "Mr. Asholian."  His companion on 
the searches was :Vladimir Sobitchsky." And even more ammusing, 
a son-in-law who's name is given as "Allis Buls Hitian" which 
he expressed amazement that no one caught on to.

Mr. Lippard delves into the claim that Sun International 
Pictures did a good job of testing the validity of their 
performers' claims and, as we all know, systematically shows 
the nonsense of the claim.