Ghost Writers in the Sky
By Kathy Sanborn
Some people say the faux clouds are “contrails,” or even “chemtrails.” Others call the phenomenon of crisscrossed patterns in the sky “aerosol spraying.” By whatever name you wish to use, the plethora of fake clouds that one can see on an almost daily basis in the heavens above is a mystery that, to my knowledge, no one has completely solved. What are these strange cloud-like formations that spread out quickly once sprayed? And, perhaps more importantly, are there “ghost writers in the sky,” spraying a possibly deadly concoction of chemicals?
Radio talk-show host and researcher, Alan Watt, says that these clouds might include some sort of tranquilizer geared towards subduing the public. After all, an awakened and informed populace might energize itself to fight off suspected governmental tyranny and control. If attacked with certain airborne chemicals, Watt surmises, an otherwise assertive public might become docile and more easily tamed.
According to Watt, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (who pushed through the FDA approval of Aspartame, a purported neurotoxin, when he was the CEO of Searle) stated in an interview for Canadian television that the government could spray something on the people from the air to calm them down in the event of another 911-type attack. And back in 1968, Rumsfeld opined: “In many instances a scientific effort is not widely known to the public until it is successful.” So the question may be, are they spraying us already?
Definitions
Let’s take a look at how the dictionaries define “contrails,” or “condensation trails.”
1.Streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes; year, 1943 (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrail)
2. A cloudlike streamer frequently seen forming behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/ams/glossary.html)
3. A cloud-like streamer or trail often seen behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air. A vapor trail is created when the water vapor from the engine exhaust gases are added to the atmosphere. (http://www.weather.com/glossary/c.html)
4. An artificial cloud created by an aircraft; caused either by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above the wing surface or by water vapor in the engine exhaust. (http://www.dictionaryofdefinitions.com/what-is-the-definition-of-contrail.html)
Note that the first definition (written in 1943) mentions “streaks” of condensed water vapor, rather than “cloud-like” formations. The more modern definitions seem to focus on a similarity between clouds and contrails, as if contrails normally can morph into clouds and remain in the sky for hours at a time.
What the Researchers Say
Aerosol spraying expert Clifford Carnicom 1 says, “Contrails composed of water vapor routinely dissipate in two minutes or less. This assumes the contrail is composed essentially of water vapor, per the classic definition (condensed trail). If ‘contrails’ by appearance transform into ‘clouds,’ it can be concluded that the material of composition is not water vapor.”
So a central issue for the debate, it seems, is whether or not the contrail will dissipate in a couple of minutes. Carnicom is saying that if a contrail lasts longer than that, it is not a contrail, by definition, and might include other, possibly harmful, materials.
If modern contrails are full of substances other than water vapor, we need to know about it. Carnicom believes he has the answers to what these aerosols contain.
Carnicom states that the phony clouds have high levels of barium, calcium, potassium, and magnesium, which he says ionize easily and can cause health issues such as headaches, asthma attacks, and respiratory ailments, to name a few. Carnicom adds, “The maximum allowable limit for human exposure to barium atmospheric contaminants is 0.5 [parts per million]; the current test result indicates that this limit may be exceeded by a factor of approximately eight times.” That’s not good news for those of us who prefer to breathe fresh air.
Lydia Mancini runs a comprehensive web site 2 called “Barium Blues.” Back in 2003, Mancini discovered clouds that were “shimmering and vibrating dramatically” as she watched from her backyard. She snapped several photos of the heavenly event, and became so enthralled with her findings that she began researching clouds in earnest. Mancini believes that aerosol spraying is connected with the use of electromagnetic energy and HAARP technology. Mancini is one of the many reporters and researchers who question the government’s official story of aerial spraying.
Researcher Mark Steadham 3 studied commercial, passenger, and private flights and their observable contrails for a period of 105 days in late 2000 through early 2001. He concluded that the planes leaving persistent (long-lasting) contrails were unidentifiable (not included in the Flight Explorer tracking tool he utilized), while the identifiable planes left contrails that lasted for only a brief time (seconds). The unidentifiable planes might have been military flights, which could not be tracked by the software due to security reasons. Steadham’s research opens the door to more questions that call for answers in a field where the truth may be difficult to find.
What the Scientists Say
As discussed on their “Contrail Education” page, 4 NASA breaks down contrails into several different types: Short-lived, Persistent, Persistent Spreading, Mixed Contrails, Clouds and Contrails, and Unusual Contrails.
NASA indicates that contrails are important to study for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the impact on our environment:
Contrails, especially persistent contrails, represent a human-caused increase in high thin clouds in the Earth's atmosphere, and are likely to be affecting climate and ultimately our natural resources.
Scientists are most interested in persistent contrails because they form long-lasting and sometimes extensive clouds that would not normally have formed in the atmosphere. Persistent contrails can last for hours to days, and spread over thousands of square kilometers, becoming indistinguishable from naturally occurring cirrus clouds (emphasis mine). Scientists are concerned about contrails because predicted increases in air-traffic could result in a continued increase in cloud cover.
Quite a switch from the old definition of “streaks of condensed water vapor,” isn’t it? And remember that Clifford Carnicom pointed out that a contrail would dissipate in a matter of seconds, and most certainly in less than two minutes, if it were composed of simple water vapor.
Scientists at Aerospaceweb.org 5 agree with NASA that man-made contrails pose some difficulty for our climate. They blame the increase in air travel over a period of decades for the enhanced cloud cover that we’re experiencing now.
Eventually, all clouds and contrails will dissipate, but the length of time they endure is related to the atmospheric conditions as well as the strength of the winds. If the contrail is formed when the local atmosphere is dry, it may dissipate rapidly. But if the atmosphere is near saturation, it will exist for a long period of time, perhaps spreading or mixing with naturally formed clouds until it is unrecognizable as a contrail (emphasis mine).
It is for this latter reason that many climatologists have become concerned about the increase in air travel over recent decades. It has been estimated that cloud cover may increase by up to 20% in some heavily traveled areas due to man-made contrails. This increase could have a significant effect on the climate in those regions since clouds block solar radiation.
In a response to my email questions for this article, Dr. Lin Chambers, NASA GLOBE Contrail scientist, states, “At present, the impact [on climate] is believed to be fairly small, but as air traffic continues to grow at a rapid pace that could change in the next decade or two. There are some indications already that in some regions with lots of air traffic, like the Continental United States, contrails are having quite a measurable effect now.”
Dr. Chambers also
explained how NASA categorized the contrails on its GLOBE web site. “The
different contrail categories we have on our site are strictly for visual
classification . . . The contrail categories are descriptive and also give you
information about the atmosphere. For example, short-lived contrails
generally mean the air at the plane's altitude is fairly dry, while persistent
spreading contrails imply lots of moisture up there.”
Many scientists believe that contrails can vary in size, shape, and dissipation time. NASA senior research scientist Patrick Minnis, 6 in an interview by Tennessean.com, says, “A single plane can produce a rather large cloud.” Minnis concludes that cirrus cloud coverage in the United States is rising 1% a decade due to increases in air traffic. This poses a problem, according to Minnis, because the clouds are “trapping heat next to the earth.”
Minnis et al 7 offer an intriguing comment in their introduction to “Remote Sensing of Contrails and Aircraft Altered Cirrus Clouds”:
As contrails are usually observed only in the air traffic routes and the routes only cover a small portion of the globe, it is difficult to reconcile the small fraction of cloudiness attributable to contrails and the larger increases in thin cloudiness if only the fresh, linear contrails are considered (emphasis mine).
Minnis and his team conclude that contrails can “develop into fully extended cirrus cloud systems,” and would appear as natural cirrus clouds to observers. They speculate that these expanded cirrus cloud contrail systems might be the reason that cloudiness has increased over populated areas since the advent of commercial jet travel.
The Air Force: Future “Owners of the Weather”
The United States Air Force 8 argues, “A hoax that has been around since 1996 accuses the Air Force of being involved in spraying the US population with mysterious substances and show various Air Force aircraft ‘releasing sprays’ or generating unusual contrail patterns... The Air Force is not conducting any weather modification experiments or programs and has no plans to do so in the future.”
The Air Force goes on to report that contrails are safe, natural, and can result in grid patterns due to wind dispersal.
In their paper, “Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025,” 9 the Air Force authors indicate in a disclaimer that the report does not represent official policy, yet their aim is clear: “The purpose of this paper is to outline a strategy for the use of a future weather-modification system to achieve military objectives.”
The Future Is Now
We’ve heard from researchers, scientists, and the Air Force on the issue of contrails and aerosol spraying. Clearly, this subject is bottomless and requires tireless investigation in order to uncover the facts about aerosol spraying and its possible consequences to our health and environment. If there are indeed “Ghost Writers in the Sky,” they are virtually invisible to the average citizen going about his daily tasks – worrying about bills, toiling at work, and taking care of children.
Do advanced technologies exist that can be used for weather modification or some other drastic aim? Just listen to former Secretary of Defense Cohen’s words over a decade ago:
Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves.
So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations. It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our efforts, and that's why this is so important.
--Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, April 28, 1997, at a Conference on Terrorism in Athens, Georgia
Notes
1. http://www.carnicom.com/contrails.htm
2. http://www.bariumblues.com/index.htm
3. http://www.chemtrailcentral.com/report.shtml
4. http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/GLOBE/contrails/
5. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0111.shtml
6. http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov/
7. http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov/sass/pub/conference/Rabi.ONERA.abs.pdf
8. http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-051013-001.pdf
9. http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/usaf/2025/v3c15/v3c15-1.htm
© 2008 Kathy Sanborn