Chemtrails, which have gripped the skies of late, regularly feature high in any list of the top conspiracy theories. Even the BBC has got its attention to it and they say that chemtrail conspiracy theorists “vary in their claims”. But some of the most popular include the belief that the white lines in the sky trailing planes are actually some kind of chemical sprayed by the government to control the weather; that scientists carrying out research about how to counteract climate change through a process called geo-engineering are secretly poisoning us; or even that secret powerful groups are spraying us with chemicals to make us pliant and easy to control. 

Suzanne Maher, the founder of Bye Bye Blue Sky - a group established to raise awareness of chemtrails – dismissed suggestions they were a conspiracy theory. She claims the trails from planes have only existed for 20 or 30 years, a claim rubbished by the BBC, which says you can clearly see condensation trails left behind aircraft in images from the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. So if they are not mind-controlling spray trails, what are they really? 

Cosmopolitan says they are just condensation trails, or ”contrails“, the result of what happens when the chemistry of burning jet fuel meets the chemistry of air. Scientists from the University of California, Irvine, and the Carnegie Institute have even got together and researched the topic, in an effort to debunk the myth. They surveyed hundreds of experts in contrails as well as those who study atmospheric deposition (how various chemicals fall to the ground from the air), presenting them with the so-called evidence provided on various chemtrail websites asking them to evaluate it. In the end, 77 scientists reported back, “and the results were not terribly surprising” says New Scientist, with 98.7% (76 out of 77) of the scientists saying they had encountered no evidence of a secret large-scale atmospheric programme. 

However, that still leaves one expert who did not agree with the majority consensus – and that may be enough for conspiracy theorists. 

Weirdeast thing about this is to be said by Amazon’s Alexa, when users reported their home assistant responding to the question, “Alexa, what are chemtrails?” with a conspiratorial answer: “Chemtrails: Trails left by aircraft are actually chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed at high altitudes for a purpose undisclosed to the general public in clandestine programs directed by government officials,” Alexa said. Upon hearing about Alexa’s programmed chemtrail response, Amazon quickly updated the app to change her reply. 

While the chemtrail conspiracy has been taken to some extremes, the extent of weather modification programs conducted by the government has been well documented. A 1996 Air Force research paper titled, Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025, details a government plan to weaponize weather into the 21st century. The dossier details its plan to enhance storms and precipitation, as well as fog and cloud generation. It also discusses weather modification through the use of ionospheric manipulation, a science studied at HAARP, the military base in Alaska long presumed to be the epicenter of government weather modification studies. 

There have been many independent tests done over the past five years and it does not look good. It has been confirmed that all around our country a cocktail of dangerous and extremely poisonous chemicals are being dispersed. This includes barium, cadmium, nickel, mold spores, yellow fungal mycotoxins, and the best — radioactive thorium. This is not the total list. 

The one chemical that is being sprayed the most is aluminum. It can cause all sorts of health problems. The chemical primarily attacks the central nervous system and can cause everything from disturbed sleep, nervousness, memory loss, headaches and emotional instability.

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