In 1988, the CIA may have discovered the location of the Ark of the Covenant, the legendary box said to contain the tablets given to Moses that held the Ten Commandments. However, the Ark’s true whereabouts remain a mystery, so any claims about its discovery should be treated with great skepticism.

The Ark was lost when the Babylonians captured Jerusalem in 587 BC. While the Babylonians are famous for achievements like the Hanging Gardens, the fate of the Ark remains unknown. According to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, it was taken by "top men" and stored away in a warehouse, but the true location has eluded historians for centuries.

The Ark is believed to have possessed special powers, such as parting a river for the Israelites and aiding them in battle. When the Philistines attempted to seize it, they reportedly suffered from illness until they returned it.

In 2000, declassified CIA documents revealed that an agent was sent to examine the Ark, which was said to be “located somewhere in the Middle East” and “hidden underground” in a “dark and wet” environment.

The agent also claimed that the Ark possessed supernatural powers, warning that anyone attempting to open it would be "destroyed by the container's protectors." This may have been inspired by the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

According to the CIA report, the Ark’s location was identified by one of their "remote viewers" as part of a project known as "Project Sun Streak."

This is where doubts about the discovery of the Ark begin to arise, as Project Sun Streak involved agents who were believed to have psychic abilities. These "remote viewers" purportedly used their minds to observe distant objects or events.

One agent famously claimed to have seen a past civilization on Mars using only his mind. However, the CIA later discontinued the project, stating that "no discernible benefit had been established." This claim regarding the Ark’s location appears to be based on a psychic reading conducted shortly before the CIA abandoned the use of psychics due to their lack of effectiveness.

Given this context, it seems highly unlikely that the Ark of the Covenant has been found. The remote viewer provided sketches of the Ark and its surroundings, which resembled existing images of the artifact, but these similarities are far from conclusive.