-Caveat Lector- Now what the hell are they up to? flw Are U.S. planes spraying chemicals? Widespread illnesses reported in wake of contrails -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ By Jon E. Dougherty © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Some people have respiratory problems. Others have mouth blisters. Still others are chronically tired. Many people are suffering from a combination of these illnesses, coupled with weight loss, burning mouths and noses, hoarseness, dizziness and disorientation. And they say their symptoms can last for days and even weeks. Reports say hospital emergency rooms in some areas of the country have been flooded with such patients, while talk radio programs have begun to discuss the phenomenon at length. The Internet is abuzz with theories, counter-theories, and any measure of explanation. But no matter what aspect of the story is debated, more and more people are beginning to dismiss the naysayers who insist it is nothing more than an elaborate hoax. It's real, say the infected and affected -- and it's getting worse. But what is going on? Specifically, the focus of this mysterious "sickness" is centered around the observance of contrails -- trails of gaseous substances -- left in the wake of jet planes flying high above certain areas of the country. Observers on the ground have discovered, after several "patterns" of contrails have been produced by numerous planes making dozens of passes over an area, that a colorless web-like sticky substance falls from the sky, often generating sickness for many who come in contact with it. In other areas no such substance is reported, but scores of people have become ill nonetheless, presumably because the planes forming the contrail patterns are literally spraying some sort of chemical in the air. Sources who have followed the phenomenon for over a year have claimed that the planes likely belong to the U.S. Air Force because of their type. Those planes -- KC-135s and KC-10 aerial tankers -- have been spotted "seeding clouds" -- a term used by the Air Force in ongoing weather modification research. Officially the Air Force denies it is involved in anything associated with the sightings, but some residents who have seen the contrails have reported changes in the weather (such as heavy rains) after the "seeding" is complete and the planes retire. No one knows where the planes are coming from or where they land when they're finished. However, one man says he is certain the phenomenon is weather-modification related, and is equally sure the Air Force is behind the testing. Tommy Farmer, a former engineering technician with Raytheon Missile Systems, has been studying the jet contrail phenomenon for over a year, and he recently confirmed the number of reports coming in all over the country to the Environmental News Service. In a recent article, "Farmer said he has collected samples of what he calls 'angel hair' sprayed by the mystery aircraft on six occasions since February 1998. Four samples have been taken since November 1998." According to one source, who requested anonymity, one sample taken supposedly contained elements of JP-8 -- jet fuel -- and Ethel Dibromide (EDB), a pesticide which was banned years ago because research showed prolonged exposure caused carcinogenic effects on humans. The source also said that another reportedly contained non-specific bacterial groups, but neither of these could be confirmed independently by WorldNetDaily Other researchers have speculated that the epicenter of the "sky seeding" phenomenon is linked to an ongoing research project on weather-modification techniques funded by the Air Force. The project focuses on weather modification research and development, and the Air Force says the military can find ways to "own the weather by the year 2025." According to that report, Air Force researchers said that the United States military already retained the ability to control weather patterns "to some degree" with a technique known as "cloud seeding" -- the dissipation of chemical elements into the sky in an effort to produce a certain weather affect. Continued research has shown that there may be a link between that project and the High Altitude Auroral Research Project (HAARP) project located in Alaska. The HAARP array, according to the Air Force and the Navy, which is co-developing the project, "is not weather modification," but is designed to influence jet streams and air patterns, and theoretically could be used in conjunction with sky seeding technology to produce a desired weather affect. According to one published report, HAARP "has for the past several years been using phased array antennas to steer powerful beams of tightly-focused radio waves to 'stimulate,' heat and steer sections of the upper atmosphere." Reports have generated from Texas, New Mexico, Washington, Tennessee, and some other states -- all reporting similar contrail patterns in the sky and all reporting near-identical symptoms, suffered by a number of people in the area, accompanied by the sticky web-like residue. One observer who contacted WorldNetDaily by email wrote, "We have been bombarded almost everyday with jets leaving contrails grids in the sky above us. I have never seen the spider web stuff really thick. It is just really constant; it is always around us. In the sky and all over the fences and trees." Observers mostly report that jets make "X" patterns in the sky, sometimes dozens of them, often causing near zero-visibility in the sky and, in one case, "massive fog" on the ground. The planes are almost always described as jets, but one observer said the jets in an area in Texas were followed by "a smaller, thicker plane with propellers; flying at a considerably lower altitude." Debra Mahon spoke with WorldNetDaily by telephone from her home about 35 miles north of Dallas, Texas. She said she became ill earlier this week with many of the same symptoms reported by others. Though her voice was hoarse and labored -- effects of the sudden illness -- she said the contrail phenomenon has been occurring in her area "for quite awhile." She also reported seeing "thousands" of web-like strands falling from the sky after each "seeding." She described them as looking like "spider webs in the spring, but they disintegrate into nothing in your hand. They're not nearly as strong as real spider webs." On a recent day, she and a friend were watching planes laying contrail patterns when suddenly "one plane we were watching just disappeared. We don't know where it went." "I asked (my friend) if she had seen it too, and she told me she had but also couldn't explain it. I was almost afraid to bring it up. It is just so weird." She said there was speculation among some who are analyzing these incidents that perhaps the government is releasing a certain biotoxin "in the hopes that you can build up an immunity against it, as if they're expecting it to be spread by some other method -- like a terrorist attack or something." She freely admitted she had no proof of "any of this," but said she and many others she has been in contact with "sure would like some answers." 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