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High flying white jet leaving an expanding trail

Chemtrails refers to a group of conspiracy theories regarding unnatural vapor trails in the sky which allegedly hold chemicals. According to theory proponents, chemtrails form when certain aircraft (in certain places and at certain times), leave behind contrails, thought to be laden with chemicals, that linger far longer than usual. Chemtrail theory disputes the conclusion that aircraft contrails are nearly always formed by condensation of water vapor at high altitude. It is quite distinguishable to the contrary, however, that due to various FAA-regulated state weather modification programs and even national, Federal-mandated, "global warming mitigation" operations performed by defense industry contractors like Raytheon and BAE Systems, "chemtrails" are just a new name for an already existing sub-covert practice. Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_important. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (627x1254, 122 KB) Photograph of a high-flying white jet leaving an expanding trail. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (627x1254, 122 KB) Photograph of a high-flying white jet leaving an expanding trail. ... A conspiracy theory attempts to attribute the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social, or historical events), or the concealment of such causes from public knowledge, to a secret, and often deceptive, plot by a covert alliance of powerful or influential people or organizations. ... Look up aircraft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Contrails are condensation trails (sometimes vapour trails): artificial cirrus clouds made by the exhaust of aircraft engines or wingtip vortices which precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air. ...

Proponents of aerosol operation speculation maintain that some trails have an appearance and quality different from those of normal water-based contrails, i.e. that chemtrails are not consistent with the known properties of contrails. The general unifying factor is the generally conspiratorial belief that some kind of chemical or biological agent is being released. The term "chemtrail" should not be confused with other forms of aerial dumping (e.g. crop dusting, cloud seeding or aerial firefighting). It specifically refers to systematic, high-altitude dumping of substances such as barium oxide, trimethylaluminium, liquid propane, and mycoplasmas for disclosed purposes of geoengineering (mainly in European countries) resulting in the appearance of these supposed chemtrails. An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use -- usually aerial spraying of pesticides or fertiliser. ... Cessna 210 with cloud seeding equipment Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... Myocoplasmas, the smallest known free-living organisms are able to grow in very simple culture media. ... Planetary engineering is the application of technology for the purpose of influencing the global properties of a planet. ...

Among the proposed purposes of the alleged "chemtrails" are: atmospheric and weather modification, biological warfare, mind control or occult purposes. Such activity is outlined in various Air Force Articles, including those found at http://www.fas.org. They are also theorized to be part of a system to counter the effects of global warming, to create a cheap wireless communications network for the military (by making the air more electrically conductive to microwave and radar signals), or to create a more sophisticated radar system with applications to both national defense and scientific study, such as those described within the HAARP project and the VTRPE project. A tornado in central Oklahoma. ... For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. ... Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ... The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to knowledge of the hidden. In the medical sense it is used commonly to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wireless. ... A telecommunications network is a network of telecommunications links arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links. ... This long range Radar antenna, known as ALTAIR, is used to detect and track space objects in conjunction with ABM testing at the Ronald Reagan Test Site on the Kwajalein atoll[1]. Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine and map the location, direction, and/or speed... Aerial view of the HAARP site, looking towards Mt. ...

Overview

Chemtrail advocates say these trails are often laid down in patterns, such as grids, Xs and crosshatches.

The chemtrail theory apparently first achieved prominence in mid-to-late 1990s.^[1][2] Chemtrails have been discussed on radio programs hosted by Art Bell and Jeff Rense with investigative journalist William Thomas who first reported on Chemtrails [1]. According to a FAQ^[3] posted at Jeff Rense's website, "chemtrails (CTs) look like contrails initially, but are much thicker, extend across the sky and are often laid down in varying patterns of X's, tic-tac-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." ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (902x1211, 965 KB) Chemtrail X-pattern. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (902x1211, 965 KB) Chemtrail X-pattern. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Arthur Bell III (c. ... Jeff Rense is an American/USA investigative journalist and the host of the Jeff Rense program, broadcast on radio and on the Internet; world-wide. ...

One chemtrail theorist, Clifford E. Carnicom, operator of a website entitled "Aerosol Crimes and Cover-ups",^[4] claims to have analyzed ground-level air samples following chemtrail events. It is not clear what his experience or expertise in chemical analysis is, but he carefully detailed the methods and procedures he used. He claims to have found airborne barium, calcium, and magnesium, and "microscopic fibers" in areas supposedly exposed to chemtrails.^[5] General Name, Symbol, Number barium, Ba, 56 Chemical series alkaline earth metals Group, Period, Block 2, 6, s Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 137. ... General Name, Symbol, Number calcium, Ca, 20 Chemical series alkaline earth metals Group, Period, Block 2, 4, s Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 40. ... General Name, Symbol, Number magnesium, Mg, 12 Chemical series alkaline earth metals Group, Period, Block 2, 3, s Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 24. ...

Dr. Leonard Horowitz, a graduate of Tufts University and former faculty member at Tufts and Harvard University,[2] discusses chemtrails in his 2001 book Death in the Air: Globalism, Terrorism & Toxic Warfare. Tufts University is a private university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts, suburbs of Boston. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636,[2] Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning still operating in the United States. ...

"Chemtrails" are mentioned in House Bill HR 2977,^[6] the Space Preservation Act of 2001, introduced by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, where it appears as one of a list of "exotic weapons system[s]" to be banned under the bill. Proponents of the reality of chemtrails point to this as official acknowledgment of the possibility, at least, of such weapons systems. The reference to Chemtrails was omitted from the version of the bill re-introduced by Kucinich in 2002 as HR 3616^[7] or in 2003 as HR 3657.^[8] Dennis John Kucinich (born October 8, 1946) is an American politician of the Democratic party. ...

An article entitled "The Chemtrail Smoking Gun"^[9] by Bruce Conway, suggested that chemtrails represent the implementation of technologies suggested in a 1992 National Academy of Science study, Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming;^[10] specifically, that chemtrails are part of a secret project intended to mitigate global warming. Some science has corroborated this phenomenon as global dimming. Global mean surface temperatures 1850 to 2006 Mean surface temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans in recent decades and the projected... Eastern China -- Dozens of fires burning on the surface (red dots) and a thick pall of smoke and haze (greyish pixels) filling the skies overhead. ...

The Las Vegas Tribune, a free weekly broadsheet, ran an article on September 9, 2005, entitled "Chemtrails - Coming Out Of The Closet?",^[11] wherein that publication's managing editor, Marcus K. Dalton, stated that United States Air Force scientists working at Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, told Columbus Alive^[12] - a weekly entertainment magazine - that they had been conducting two aerial spraying experiments: "one involved aluminum oxide spraying related to global warming and the other involved barium stearate and had to do with high-tech military communications."^[13] Dalton basically rehashes William Thomas's article in Convergence Weekly,^[14] though some new information is presented. Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... Example cover of aLIVE as it appeared before . ...

Skeptical response

Possible chemtrails over a field

Skeptical groups, including the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, 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 (^[15][16]). They also voice various objections to the idea of chemtrails: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1287x962, 1112 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1287x962, 1112 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Skepticism (Commonwealth spelling: Scepticism) can mean: Philosophical skepticism - a philosophical position in which people choose to critically examine whether the knowledge and perceptions that they have are actually true, and whether or not one can ever be said to have absolutely true knowledge; or Scientific skepticism - a scientific, or practical... The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, or CSICOP, is a U.S. organization founded to encourage the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminate factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific...

• Depending on what the alleged purpose of the chemtrail spraying would be, spray released above 30,000 feet is likely to be highly unpredictably dispersed due to high-altitude winds. (^[17]).

Possible chemtrails over London

• How do aircraft accused of depositing "chemtrails" manage to pass inspection without the deception being discovered? (See mechanics statement at carnicom.com)
• Assuming drugging the population is the purpose, the people behind the conspiracy would breathe the same air the population breathes, so any harm inflicted on the population would also be inflicted on those in charge of the conspiracy, unless they were made immune through vaccination.
• Official and governmental bodies have consistently denied the existence of such spraying^[18][19]

In addition, condensation trails behind aircraft have displayed characteristics attributed to "chemtrails" since the 1930s development of high-altitude planes. As these vapor trails are created in the exhausts from engines, they contain not only hot gases but also microscopic droplets of oil and every other component of the fuel, including traces of lead (in fuel used by piston engines), which can break light into various colors. This phenomenon is observed in sundogs, which have been seen throughout recorded history. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x792, 84 KB) Summary Sunset over Graham Road, Hackney, London, 19 September 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (640x792, 84 KB) Summary Sunset over Graham Road, Hackney, London, 19 September 2005. ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... Pronounced sun dogs on both sides of a setting sun in southern Minnesota. ...

Similar phenomena

Atmospheric trimethylaluminium chemtrail left by NASA ionosphere study, 2003

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NASA has admitted discharging trimethylaluminium (TMA) into the air above the Atlantic Ocean, as part of a 2003 project to study the ionosphere, creating linear man-made clouds which glowed in the night sky before drifting and dispersing.^[20] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for the nations public space program. ... Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosphere The ionosphere is the part of the atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation. ...

Often during airshows, colored smoke trails can be seen. These trails are generated by dyed paraffin color discharge cartridge at the exhaust of the engine. Colored smoke is a kind of smoke created by an aerosol of small particles of a suitable pigment or dye. ...

Fertilizers and pesticides are sprayed over large fields from low flying aircraft. In the Vietnam War, the defoliant Agent Orange was sprayed in order to remove the leaves from the trees. Vietnam. ...

In the War on Drugs, as part of Plan Colombia, the United States has been spraying the herbicide Roundup and Roundup Ultra over Colombian coca fields.^[21][22] Massive mark-ups for drugs, UK Govt report Prevalance of drug use 1991-2006 The War on Drugs is an initiative undertaken by the United States with the assistance of participating countries, which is intended to combat the illegal drug trade —to curb supply and diminish demand for certain psychoactive... Plan Colombia is a controversial initiative aimed at resolving the ongoing, fifty-year civil war in Colombia. ... Roundup is the brand name of a systemic, broad-spectrum herbicide produced by the U.S. life sciences giant Monsanto. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.csicop.org/si/2001-11/conspire.html
2. ^ http://www.navarrone.com/contrails/chemtrails1.html
3. ^ http://www.rense.com/general4/fre.htm
4. ^ http://www.carnicom.com/contrails.htm
5. ^ http://www.carnicom.com/flame1.htm
6. ^ http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2001/hr2977.html
7. ^ http://www.fas.org/sgp/congress/2002/hr3616.html
8. ^ http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:2:./temp/~c108T7GfbK
9. ^ http://www.altnews.info/chemtrails/chemtrailsmokinggun.html
10. ^ http://books.nap.edu/books/0309043867/html/index.html
11. ^ http://www.lasvegastribune.com/20050909/headline4.html
12. ^ http://www.columbusalive.com/services/services.php?story=columbusalive/services/about.php
13. ^ http://www.rense.com/general18/mn.htm "Stormy Weather", 22 December 2001
14. ^ http://www.willthomas.net/Convergence/Weekly/Chemtrails.htm
15. ^ http://www.nmsr.org/pilotsvu.htm
16. ^ http://iangoddard.net/contrail.htm
17. ^ Chemtrails article at navarrone.com
18. ^ http://www.carnicom.com/taylor1.htm
19. ^ http://www.carnicom.com/af1.htm
20. ^ article on TMAclouds on NASA web site
21. ^ http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=11081
22. ^ http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/11175

• NASA's web page about the subject

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External links

Pro-chemtrail theory sites

• "The Weather Modifications Operations and Research Board on Wiki"
• "The Weather Modification Operations and Research Board (passed Oct.2005) - in corporate cooperation with BAE Systems (HAARP apparatus & facility owner) and Raytheon Corporation (HAARP patent owner)
• "NOAA’S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AWARDS $300 MILLION AWIPS CONTRACT TO RAYTHEON"
• "Raytheon Aircraft Company (Owner of HAARP patents, and, NOAA-funded aerosol weather modification/AESA radar weather weapons)"
• "BAE Systems (program and apparatus-owner of the HAARP facility, Railgun technology, electromagnetic armor, and, a sub-corporation partner with Raytheon via British Aerospace Corporation
• "General Dynamics Robotics (owned by Raytheon Corp) - military contractor/manufacturer of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles (UAV) aircraft designed for "all-weather," computer-controlled weapons defense progams
• "Boeing, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, and Raytheon to create B2B exchange for the aerospace and defense industry, powered by Microsoft"
• Brendan Bombaci, "Weather Modification Exposed; media journals and notes for the independent film documentary" "Heaven & Earth," ongoing internet-based production as of 2007.
• http://www.willthomas.net William Thomas - Investigative journalist who first reported on Chemtrails
• Chemtrails - Spraying our Sky — Interview with someone claiming to be a scientist in Project Shield, supposed to be multinational is the secret program to combat global warming.
• Aerosol Crimes and Cover-ups — allegations about government cover-ups
• Chemtrail FAQ from Rense website — conspiracy FAQ attributed to the organization Blue Skies International
• Chemtrail Central — Pro-Chemtrail Theory
• Educate Yourself — Suggests using Orgone to combat chemtrails
• Anomalies Unlimited — Against "secret human experimentation"
• apfn.org — American Patriot Friends Network
• Lightwatcher.com — site with "proof of global geoengineering projects"
• Weather Wars — Weatherman Scott Stevens examines the chemtrail phenomena and man-made weather
• Etheric Warriors — claims solution to chemtrails, among other things
• Tearing Down the NWO Strongholds — methods of protection against chemtrails
• AltNews.INFO Chemtrails — Documenting the heavy Northern California chemtrailing activity
• Chemtrails911 — Evidence of chemtrails: US legislation & patents, military reports, videos, photos, news articles
• Holmestead chemtrails index — Large archive of articles relating to local chemical spraying in Canada
• [3] — photos of chemtrails over NC
• Orbwar.com — post y2k UFO's, chemtrails, and associated optical phenomena
• [4] Twilightscience; Italian site, with many solutions to the problem

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Image links

• Chemtrail central image search — searchable database of purported chemtrail images
• Rense.com chemtrails data page — Links to purported chemtrail images and other resources
• Over 200 images and extensive information on Chemtrails and How To Stop Them
• [5] — Images of Chemtrails in NC

Chemtrails in the media

• NBC News 4, Los Angeles: Toxic Sky? Part 1 — Part one- short televised report into chemtrails in the Los Angeles area, and the wider implications
• NBC News 4, Los Angeles: Toxic Sky? Part 2 — Part two- short televised report into chemtrails in the Los Angeles area, and the wider implications
• BBC Horizon: Global Dimming — documentary claiming global dimming is being caused by persistent contrails
• Reuters: — Nobel Prize laureate Paul Crutzen advocating the use of chemtrails.
• BBC: Why the sun seems to be dimming
• BBC: Telescopes 'worthless' by 2050
• Chemical & Engineering News Rutgers University climate scientist Alan Robock worries that an aerosol operation could mean "we wouldn't have blue skies anymore,"
• Las Vegas Tribune: Chemtrails are over Las Vegas — part 1
• Las Vegas Tribune: Chemtrails are over Las Vegas — part 2
• Chemtrails being taught in schools

Eastern China -- Dozens of fires burning on the surface (red dots) and a thick pall of smoke and haze (greyish pixels) filling the skies overhead. ...

Skeptical links

• hans-egebo.dk — anti-chemtrail opinion
• New Mexicans for Science and Reason — a chemtrail debunking page
• Iangoddard.net — contrail analysis
• lacarte.org — collection of chemtrail debunking sources
• Contrails- or 'Trails-con?' — A comprehensive look at what the author considers "A hoax;" Includes a timeline
• Contrails and Chemtrails — chemtrail debunking forum

Further reading

• Thomas, William, "Stolen Skies: The Chemtrail Mystery", Earth Island Journal, July 01, 2002