Nibiru
1 February 1990
Zecharia Sitchin's 12th Planet, called "Nibiru" by the Sumerians and "Marduk" by the Babylonians, if it exists has five times the mass of Earth, travels an elliptic orbit around the Sun every 700 to 1000 years, and was known to the Sumerians 6000 years ago. Our little Moon produces tides of 10 meters (32.8 feet) or so. Nibiru would produce a "Super-tide" on Earth, pulling the waters of our oceans up to where Noah's Ark was found on Mt. Ararat at the end of the "40 days and 40 nights" of rain. Of course, rain could not have produced such a flood as the Great Deluge, but Nibiru could have.