With all these tornadoes, it got me thinking about the HAARP program, so I did some digging on that.
Here are some interesting things about the program:
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP)
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Aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere, (~50-400 miles above Earth's surface, at the edge of space)
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Operation of the research facility was transferred from the United States Air Force to the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Aug. 11, 2015
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HAARP Research Station construction began in 1993.
Current research goals:
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To conduct fundamental study of the physical processes at work in the thermosphere and ionosphere.
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The Ionospheric Research Instrument: a high power transmitter facility operating in the High Frequency range.
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Scientific instruments that can be used to observe the physical processes in the ionosphere.
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RF ionospheric heating, Radio Science, Aeronomy, and Magnetospheric Physics
Who Owns HAARP?
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For over 25 years, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks have collaborated on ionospheric research at HAARP.
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When USAF funding for research and development decreased, efforts were made to find a solution to preserve this national research resource.
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In August 2015, the research equipment was transferred to UAF under an Education Partnership Agreement (EPA).
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Responsibility for the HAARP facilities and equipment formally transferred from the military to UAF on Aug. 11, 2015.
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A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) was established.
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CRADAs are unique agreements that provide access to extensive government-funded resources.
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Souce: https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/usarc_goals_2019-2020.pdf
U of Alaska Fairbanks lands $9.3M grant to expand research at HAARP
https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/04/08/uaf-lands-3m-grant-to-expand-research-at-haarp/
Interesting… Does anyone remember last week when there were a few notables about Alaska being in the news?
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Two more Army Alaska soldiers died off-duty last week
>https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/12/01/two-more-army-alaska-soldiers-died-off-duty-last-week/
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Avalanche delays holiday tradition in Alaska's largest city | AP News
>https://apnews.com/article/oddities-sports-lifestyle-avalanches-alaska-3754de5628d66cfe7d9db9a9eabd58ce
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Pentagon fields long-range radar in Alaska for missile threats
>https://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-fields-long-range-radar-220036844.html
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US Missile Defense Agency declares initial delivery of Long-Range Discrimination Radar in Alaska
>https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2021/12/06/us-missile-defense-agency-declares-initial-delivery-of-long-range-discrimination-radar-in-alaska/
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As much as 30 inches of snow could fall in parts of Southcentral Alaska - Alaska Public Media
>https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/12/06/as-much-as-30-inches-of-snow-could-fall-in-parts-of-southcentral-alaska/
More digging…
Weather Modification History
Rainmaking Is Used As Weapon by U.S.
WASHINGTON, July 2, 1996—The United States has been secretly seeding clouds over North Vi etnam, Laos and South Viet nam to increase and control the rainfall for military purposes. Government sources, both civilian and military, said during an extensive series of inter views that the Air Force cloud seeding program has been aimed most recently at hindering movement of North Vietnamese troops and equipment and suppressing enemy anti-aircraft missile fire.
The disclosure confirmed growing speculation in Congressional and scientific circles about the use of weather modification in Southeast Asia. De spite years of experiments with rainmaking in the United States and elsewhere, scientists are not sure they understand its long‐term effect on the ecology of a region.
The weather manipulation in Indochina, which was first tried in South Vietnam in 1963, is the first confirmed use of meteorological warfare. Al though it is not prohibited by any international conventions on warfare, artificial rainmaking has been strenuously opposed by some State Department officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/03/archives/rainmaking-is-used-as-weapon-by-us-cloudseeding-in-indochina-is.html
Alaska Fairbanks is also interested in exploring the Arctic
https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/usarc_goals_2019-2020.pdf
Other Links
https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/HAARP-Observatory-Vision.pdf
https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/faq
https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/HAARP_brochure.pdf
http://www.nawmc.org/
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Connection with current extreme weather?