Read Conspiracies: The Facts * the Theories * the Evidence Online
Authors: Andy Thomas
Tags: #Conspiracy Theories, #Social Science
but this indiscriminating approach alienates scientific minds who might otherwise show curiosity towards an area surely worth a
little further study. The notion that a deliberate contamination
or adjustment of the atmosphere is taking place has, natural y,
been met with blanket dismissal by authorities and scientific
bodies, which state that so-called chemtrails are quite normal,
if sometimes unusual, meteorological interactions, deemed to
be anomalous through a simple lack of professional knowledge.
Likewise, aviation experts claim that the complex grids of crossing lines can be explained by all manner of flight path and altitude
decisions made to accommodate varying weather conditions,
which is why trails appear on some days and not others.
Problematical y, unlike, say, 9/11 – where a significant number
of mainstream professionals have broken ranks to challenge what
they see as clear breaches of the laws of physics in the official story – the supporting evidence of the chemtrail theorists has
so far relied mostly on unqualified research (with the exception
of ex-neurosurgeon Dr Russell Blaylock, who believes harmful
‘nano-aluminum’ may be present in the trails) or the testimony of unnamed or biased witnesses. Further fragmentation is caused by
uncertainty over what the motivation of a ‘spraying’ programme
might be. The assumptions tend to fall into one of the three
following categories:
• Chemtrails as a depopulation strategy – in this view, the
sprays, although plainly not intended as instant killers, are
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introducing harmful toxins into our bodily systems and the
general environment, weakening our resistance to viruses
that might be released later. (The chosen NWO survivors
would presumably be immunized against all stages of the
programme or hidden in their shelters.)
• Chemtrails as climate engineering –
alternatively,
chemtrails may be an extension of HAARP-type projects
(
see
below), introducing elements into the atmosphere
necessary for the easier manipulation of weather and
climate.
• Chemtrails as solar protection
–
the now mainstream
concern about the potential of the Sun to throw out a
dangerous solar flare some time soon (
see
p. 28) has led
to speculation that the chemtrails might in some way be
designed to fortify our atmosphere against it. The secrecy
surrounding the spraying might therefore be justified in
the name of not wanting to create widespread panic.
Quite
how
such a massive scheme could be implemented without generating more concerned whistleblowers is unknown. Substantial
chemical vats would have to be stored somewhere, with or with-
out cabin crews’ knowledge, together with the equipment necessary to release the contents. Would not several technicians have come
forward by now to call attention to such strange extra cargoes?
The internet does play host to occasional anonymous testimonies
from frightened staff claiming the chemicals are loaded from what outwardly appear to be sewage tankers, but they have never been
authenticated. It has been argued that military vehicles would be more likely to be used for this, yet most of the witnessed ‘sprayers’
appear to be commercial flights. If such accounts are
not
conjured by the imaginations of theorists keen to validate their beliefs, then clearly they give genuine cause for disquiet.
The internet is full of accounts of detrimental health effects
in areas below what are perceived as chemtrail flight paths,
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many complainants describing respiratory ailments, flu-like
symptoms, headaches, nausea and a general depletion of energy,
particularly on days when trails appear to linger, spreading
out to weaken the sunlight. Authorities across the globe
have received numerous cal s for investigations from alleged
chemtrail sufferers, but requests have fallen on deaf ears. Media investigations have sporadical y taken up the cal , but with
few results. Tests carried out by the Louisiana-based television
station KSLA News 12, for instance, at first suggested unusual y
high quantities of radioactive barium in local water supplies
below claimed chemtrail areas, but later analysis showed the
figures were, in fact, perfectly normal.
A key difficulty here is that of proving a correlation between
events 30,000 feet or more above with those on the ground,
neither open sky nor miles of land below providing very useful
calibration points. This becomes an issue with the stories of web-like ‘angel hair’ sometimes seen floating in the air on days of
chemtrail activity. Given the several possible natural sources of such fine threads (webs, etc.), and with no conclusive physical
analysis available, convincing connections have yet to be
demonstrated.
Other objections to the notion of a ‘spraying’ programme have
revolved around the sheer scale and cost that such a monumental
task would entail. To cover the entire planet with a network of
chemical layers, though not impossible, would surely be one
of the most ambitious projects ever mounted by humankind,
absolutely requiring (unlike 9/11 or the Moon landings) the
participation of thousands of operatives. Is it feasible that such a vast enterprise could be undertaken without a convincing
exposure occurring? Yet some believe so, and consider it one of
the biggest cover-ups of our times.
The major superpowers, especial y China and the USA,
have
openly experimented with weather control and cloud seeding
with silver iodide to encourage rainfal . Between 1962 and 1983,
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for example, Project Stormfury was an ongoing US attempt
to alter the behaviour of tropical cyclones with the iodide
technique, using planes flying into the hearts of storms. There
have been many other publicized schemes, so the concept of
spraying something into the air to create atmospheric change
is not without precedent. It has been argued that there must
be easier ways to kill a population, hence the atmospheric
augmentation theories, but high-altitude tampering clearly
does
occur from time to time, and the idea that some long-term effect, planned or unplanned, might result from this cannot be entirely
discounted. It is likely that many of the perceived chemtrails are merely normal phenomena – but perhaps not al .
HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon?
The suggestion that chemtrails are being used to fortify the
atmosphere in some way has led to another theory – that the
chemical changes enable a more versatile use of the HAARP
facility: the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program.
This military research project was set up in Alaska in 1993,
with its Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI) – 180 antennas
covering 33 acres – coming online in 2007. Although primarily
a US initiative, other HAARP facilities have been built around
the world since with the cooperation of a number of different
countries.
The scientific bodies that run HAARP claim it is a simple
military communications exercise, ‘exciting’ the ionosphere
with directed electromagnetic pulses to help extend signals
to submarines and aid underground scanning, among other
capabilities. But the conspiracy world has almost unanimously
declared it the deadliest weapon of the NWO.12 The high-minded
intentions given in official information on HAARP seem not
to reflect those buried in the patent applications, which make
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clear a more lurid military vision, auguring future opportunities for both weather and mind control. Such a tool would plainly
prove invaluable, as one USAF document on the potential for
electromagnetic weapons makes very clear, promoting the
advantages of producing ‘mild to severe physiological disruption
or perceptual distortion or disorientation . . . The ability of individuals to function could be degraded to such a point that
they would be combat ineffective.’
The intentions of the authorities thus revealed, and with the
complex science of HAARP barely understood by the public, the
project has almost inevitably been held responsible for triggering everything from general malaise to earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis and hurricanes, and indeed any unexplained event. ‘Weather
wars’ have long been postulated. The scientists at HAARP claim
to despair at such misrepresentation, protesting that their work
is openly accountable and that the facilities are regularly opened to the public. But truthseekers are having none of it. To them,
HAARP is the weapon of choice, the ultimate bargaining chip of
the New World Order, directed at foreign enemies and internal
enemies of the state alike. We must submit or be pulsed into
ineffectiveness anyhow; surrender or be vanquished by sudden
‘natural disasters’.
All this might be laughed away as the final paranoia to end
all paranoia – were it not for a telling quote from that father of today’s political landscape, Zbigniew Brzezinski, in
The Grand
Chessboard:
Political strategists are tempted to exploit research on
the brain and human behavior. Geophysicist Gordon J.
F. MacDonald, a specialist in problems of warfare, says
accurately-timed, artificial y-excited electronic strokes
could lead to a pattern of oscil ations that produce relatively
high power levels over certain regions of the earth . . . in this
way one could develop a system that would seriously impair
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the brain performance of very large populations in selected
regions over an extended period.
If geophysical weapons do still remain on the drawing board,
then, mind control
is
clearly seen as within reach. That suggests that even if HAARP is not the tool this time around, something
very like it probably is, or will be soon, for it is human nature to find a way to create what it imagines, even if what it imagines are nightmares.
An Invincible Force?
And so the New World Order theories have developed into a
vision of an invincible global regime with the power of life and
death over us al . But is it accorded too much power, by the very people who feel they are its victims? Perhaps so, as our epilogue will explore.
In Summary . . .
New World Order Conspiracies: Arguments Against
The Il uminati is a long-disbanded order with no influence in the
world today – Countries working in close al iances do not indicate a
desire for global unification – Claimed occult tendencies are nothing
more than the novel affectations of ‘gentlemen’s clubs’ – The so-cal ed
‘control agenda’ is simply necessary social guidance blown out of
proportion – The idea that populations are being assailed by mind
control and chemical poisoning is crazed paranoia – How would it
benefit authorities to kill the very people they need to make any kind
of society work?
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New World Order Conspiracies: Arguments For
Secret societies are clearly a powerful part of Western civilization,
Il uminati or no Il uminati – Intentions to create a world of political
unification under centralized control have been openly stated by
people in positions to realize them – Occult references are too overt
in ceremonies and symbolism for them to mean nothing – Increasing
global controls on freedom extend far beyond necessity – The
technology to affect human minds is being developed, and therefore
the will to use it probably lies not far behind – A NWO with a desire
to depopulate has surely worked out precisely what it needs to create
a tailor-made replacement society.
ConClusion: a CruCial ChoiCe
It has come to this, then. The centuries of deception, evasiveness and the many abuses of command have taken their toll on the
collective psyche. If any lesson can be drawn from the resulting
growth of belief that a New World Order run by a remote, self-
interested and amoral elite wants not only control but also to see most of us dead, it is that the establishment’s own behaviour has brought it about, whichever way it is looked at.
One of two things must be the case: either some or all of the
truthseekers’ views are true, in which case the population needs
to stand up as one
now
and urgently challenge the powers-that-be before they go too far with a programme that has consequences
even they may not have banked on. Or the now-ingrained mistrust
held towards authorities who have hardly shown themselves to be
caring or reliable in a number of areas has become so extreme that a giant collective fantasy has been created which threatens the