Shroud of Turin Research Project

The origins of the group go back to the experiments of physicist John P. Jackson, thermodynamicist Eric Jumper and photographer William Mottern in 1976.

Using the ideas invented in aerospace science for building three dimensional models from images of Mars, Eric Jumper built initial devices to test the photographs of the Shroud of Turin.

For the next 5 days after the exposition the STURP team analyzed the shroud around the clock at the royal palace adjoining Turin Cathedral, some scientists sleeping while others worked.

[4][5] In 1981, in its final report, STURP wrote:[6] We can conclude for now that the Shroud image is that of a real human form of a scourged, crucified man.

Joe Nickell of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry has pointed out that "STURP's leaders served on the executive council of the Holy Shroud Guild, which is devoted to the "cause" of the reputed relic.