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BaktharRadar Scans Reveal All Non-Geological Features, with "hallways” or tunnels throughout the structure., revealing organized patterns, voids andr "hallways”

Dr. Bakhtar holds a Ph.D. in engineering and rock mechanics, with training at Imperial College London, Penn State, Princeton, UC Berkeley and the University of Utah. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 technical papers and reports, and has spent four decades finding what cannot be seen from the surface: buried objects, cavities, shielded materials and complex underground structures, for clients including the U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, Defense Threat Reduction Agency and NORAD-USNORTHCOM.

He described the Durupınar returns as unlike any dataset he’s ever recorded. The combination of scale, internal order and contrast against the surrounding valley, where the same instrument does not resolve equivalent architecture is what led him to call the buried object "extraordinary”

The groundbreaking paper, published in the journal Archaeological Prospection, provides strong evidence that Gunung Padang is home to the most ancient pyramidal edifice yet discovered anywhere in the world, with parts of its man-made interior structure being more than 20,000 years old. This finding shatters established historical timelines and calls for further investigation of the site. However, the possibility for further investigation, and the multiple years of dedicated study that Danny and his team have invested in uncovering the deep history of Gunung Padang, have been undermined and suppressed by conventional voices who find this discovery unacceptable.

Main points of Danny's core objections:

The critics are anonymous, may never have visited the site, and offered opinions rather than counter-evidence or an alternative geological explanation for the rock layers.

The concerns reflect scientific disagreement, not ethical misconduct or fabrication — not grounds for retraction under COPE guideline

His team's radiocarbon dating followed accepted Gunung Padang geo-archaeological practice (dating soil fill/matrix associated with construction layers, not requiring dated material to be an artifact itself).

The investigation was leaked to media before authors could respond, fueling public backlash before due process concluded.

He proposed publishing the critiques and his rebuttal side-by-side (as a "Post-Publication Critique") instead of retraction — a request Wiley declined.

His framing*: He calls the retraction a form of censorship by "conventional voices" uncomfortable with a discovery that challenges established historical timelines, and maintains the paper's data remain public and unrefuted.