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It has been three years. Quite unexpectedly, I stumbled upon on this subject in the room the English magazine "Fortean Times" for October / November 1993. Under the heading "Ancient space module? there was the photo shown, I knew and was accompanied by the following brief comment: 
This object was found during excavations in the city Toprakkale (in ancient times known as Tushpa). Length of 22 cm, width 7.5 cm, height 8 cm, while the age of 3000 years. In the view of modern man is a space shuttle with one pilot, whose head is missing. 
It was further noted that some scholars doubt its antiquity, and that he kept in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul, but not displayed in the exhibition. 
The source of this intriguing message was specified as follows: "Billinmeyen", Volume 3. with. 622. British Journal of connected me with its correspondent in Turkey, but further trace lost. It looks like it was a reprint from an article a decade ago and published in some Turkish papers have ceased to exist. 
Despite its brevity, the note contained details of more podogrevshie my curiosity. First, it was annexed to the picture - which meant that the subject actually existed. Secondly, the age of the artifact was identified: 3000 years - that is, it was made for 1000 years BC. It was also reported and the place of his findings, the ancient city Touche Pas. I think that the ordinary reader of English periodical title is nothing said. But I remembered that Tushpa was the ancient capital of Urartu, which is situated on the shores of Lake Van, and known as the Ararat of the Bible - namely, there is a double peak of the majestic Mount Ararat (Fig. 9). 
In the first millennium BC, Urartu was a powerful kingdom, rival to the south to Assyria. In those days, in Urartu borrowed Sumerian cuneiform, and public documents were written in Akkadian. However, the native language of its inhabitants is not the first nor to the Semitic group (like Akkadian), neither to the Indo-European group (like a neighbor to the west). Maybe it was the predecessor of Sumerian language? And was not the first home of the Sumerians Ararat which, according to the Bible were people who came from the east and settled in the land Shinear (Hebrew name of Sumer)? This version is consistent with the traditions and legends of the people of Urartu, alleging that they were descended from Noah's Flood outside the ark.