(556)   Sun 20 Apr 97  7:06
By: Ronald Vass
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Re: More on Plimer case III
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From The West Australian, Wednesday 16 April 1997, Page 30:

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TALKS NOT A DECEPTION: ARK LECTURER
Sydney
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A LECTURER who embarked on a nationwide series of talks
about his studies of what some believe is Noah's Ark
admitted yesterday he was a "Johnny-come-lately" in regard
to examining the structure.

 But Allen Roberts denied he had deceived his audience by
taking credit for research carried out on the formation
years before he had even visited the site in Turkey.

 During evidence in the Federal Court where he is accused
of making the false claims, Dr Roberts said he had not been
trying to pass himself off as a geologist and scientist, by
using geological terms during his lectures.

 "You just can't help yourself when talking about your
explorations in Turkey, you always say 'we' to get the
credit for things other people have done," barrister Stephen
Walmsley suggested.

 Dr Roberts, a former school teacher, first went to the
site in 1990 after reading a book by American author David
Fasold, one of two men suing him.

 During his Australia-wide tour in 1992, Dr Roberts told of
various scientific studies "we" carried out on the formation
using "sophisticated techniques".

 Mr Walmsley: "The fact is a number of the aspects of the
scientific research you claim to have done by using the word
'we' you didn't do, that's right isn't it?"

 Dr Roberts: "I certainly wasn't claiming by using the word
'we' that I was involved in all those things."

 He said the term "we" referred loosely to the group of
researchers who had conducted examinations of the site at
various times, and included Mr Fasold, who studied the
structure for about nine years.

 Dr Roberts denied he had conveyed a misleading message to
his audiences.

 "My lectures made it clear that I'm a Johnny-come-lately
when it comes to that site," he said.

 He disagreed with Mr Walmsley that he had tried to put
himself forward as "somebody with geological qualifications".

 Mr Walmsley: "You wanted to give the audience the
impression that you had better scientific and geological
qualifications than you, in fact, had, didn't you?"

 Dr Roberts: "No."

 The court has heard Mr Fasold, the author of the book "The
Ark of Noah", decided to take legal action against Dr
Roberts after accusing him of reproducing a drawing from the
book in a brochure sold on the doctor's lecture tour.

 The hearing continues.
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