ORBIT: Contrails and patent search CyberSpace ORBIT http://members.aol.com/phikent/orbit/orbit.html Kent Steadman, Editor We did a patent seach: US5286979: Process for absorbing ultraviolet radiation using dispersed melanin US4999637: Creation of artificial ionization clouds above the earth US3608810: METHODS OF TREATING ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS Additional related patents (materials: seeding, etc) Again, deeply involved: Eastlund; Bernard J. (HAARP-design-connected it appears) The above patents are subsidiary to: US4686605: Method and apparatus for altering a region in the earth's atmosphere, ionosphere, and/or magnetosphere EASTLUND http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/details?pn10=US04686605 Recent email hint: "As to why the government is doing this, check out the x-ray flux of the sun over the last few years. The clouds are being created to keep people from cooking on the ground." Links and additional data: http://members.aol.com/phikent/orbit/orbit.html