 Photo taken in Portland of trails with an appearance said to be characteristic of chemtrails Chemtrail is a name used by some to describe certain kinds of trails visible in the sky behind high-altitude aircraft. Such trails are usually referred to as contrails and ascribed to condensation of water vapor in the aircraft exhaust. Those who use the word chemtrail maintain that the phenomena they observe have an appearance different from those of contrails, and are not consistent with the known properties of contrails. They believe that these trails indicate some kind of chemical spray. No government has acknowledged such spraying.
Possible conspiratorial explanations include atmospheric and weather modification, biological warfare, or purposes associated with a New World Order.
Chemtrails have been discussed on talk-radio programs hosted by Art Bell and Jeff Rense, who frequently deal with other paranormal and conspiratorial topics. According to an FAQ posted at the Rense website (http://www.rense.com/general4/fre.htm) "chemtrails (CTs) look like contrails initially, but are much thicker, extend across the sky and are often laid down in varying patterns of Xs, tick-tack-toe grids, cross-hatched and parallel lines. Instead of quickly dissipating, chemtrails expand and drip feathers and mares' tails. In 30 minutes or less, they open into wispy formations which join together, forming a thin white veil or a 'fake cirrus-type cloud' that persists for hours."
Clouds formed by joining chemtrails have been reported to create a two colour spectrum of orange and yellow. According to Clifford E. Carnicom, operator of the "Aerosol Crimes and Cover-ups" website, his analysis of samples taken after such observations show them to contain aluminium, barium, calcium, magnesium and titanium. He also states that particles of fiber have also been isolated from samples in areas of reported chemtrail activity.
"Chemtrails" are mentioned in House Bill HR 2977 (http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2001/hr2977.html), the Space Preservation Act of 2001, introduced by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, where it appears as one of a list of "exotic weapons system" to be banned under the bill. Proponents of the reality of chemtrails point to this as official acknowledgement of the possibility, at least, of such weapons system. "Chemtrails" are not mentioned in the version of the bill re-introduced by Kucinich in 2002 as HR 3616 (http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2002/hr3616.html) or in 2003 as HR 3657 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:2:./temp/~c108T7GfbK)
Skeptics assert that contrails normally exhibit a wide variation in appearance and that the descriptions and photographs of "chemtrails" are perfectly consistent with those of ordinary contrails.
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