CHEMTRAILS: Is U.S. Gov't. Secretly Testing Americans 'Again'?

KSLA News 12 ^ | 09 Nov 2007 | Jeff Ferrell

[BGHater]

     Could a strange substance found by an Ark-La-Tex man be part of secret government testing program?  That's the question at the heart of a phenomenon called "Chemtrails."  In a KSLA News 12 investigation, Reporter Jeff Ferrell shows us the results of testing we had done about what's in our skies.
     "It seemed like some mornings it was just criss-crossing the whole sky.  It was just like a giant checkerboard," described Bill Nichols.  He snapped several photos of the strange clouds from his home in Stamps, in southwest Arkansas.  Nichols said these unusual clouds begin as normal contrails from a jet engine.  But unlike normal contrails, these do 'not' fade away.
     Soon after a recent episode he saw particles in the air.  "We'd see it drop to the ground in a haze," added Nichols.  He then noticed the material collecting on the ground.
     "This is water and stuff that I collected in bowls.  I had it sitting out in my backyard in my dad's pick-up truck," said Nichols as he handed us a mason jar in the KSLA News 12 parking lot back in September after driving down from Arkansas.
     KSLA News 12 had the sample tested at a lab.  The results:  A high level of barium, 6.8 parts per million, (ppm).  That's more than three times the toxic level set by the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA.
     Armed with these lab results about the high levels of barium found in our sample, we decided to contact the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.  They told us that, 'yes,' these levels are very unusual.  But at the same time they added the caveat that proving the source is a whole 'nother matter.
     We discovered during our investigation that Barium is a hallmark of other chemtrail testing.  This phenomenon even attracted the attention of a Los Angeles network affiliate, which aired a report entitled, "Toxic Sky?"
     There's already no shortage of unclassified weather modification programs by the government.  But those who fear chemtrails could be secret biological and chemical testing on the public point to the 1977 U.S. Senate hearings which confirmed 239 populated areas had been contaminated with biological agents between 1949 and 1969.  Later, the 1994 Rockefeller Report concluded hundreds of thousands of military personnel were also subjected to secret biological experiments over the last 60-years.
     But could secret testing be underway yet again?  "I'd rather it be something inert and you know something that's not causing any damage but I'd like to know what it is," concluded Nichols.
     KSLA News 12 discovered chemtrails are even mentioned by name in the initial draft of HR 2977 back in 2001, under the Space Preservation Act.  But the military denies any such program exists.
     It turns out, until just nine years ago the government had the right, under U.S. law, to conduct secret testing on the American public, under specific conditions.  Only a public outcry repealed part of that law, with some "exceptions."
     Mark Ryan, Director of the Poison Control Center, explained that short term exposure to barium can lead to anything from stomach to chest pains, with long-term exposure causing blood pressure problems.
     Ryan addressed concerns by chemtrail researchers that barium could be meant to wear down a person's immune system.  "Anything that causes ill effects on the body long-term, chronically, is going to affect your ability, it's just constantly working on the body.  So from that aspect yeah it's a potential."
     Ryan told us he's conducted research of his own about secret government testing on the public.  But he's still a bit skeptical about chemtrails at the moment, especially considering that his Poison Control Center has seen no calls about barium exposure.

Story by Jeff Ferrell 

[BGHater]

Link has a video.

[RolandBurnam]

O Lord, this conspiracy is the dumbest I have heard.

If the goverment had access to our water supply, why wouldn’t they just put whatever chemical they wanted there rather than in jet exhaust?

[doorgunner69]

But unlike normal contrails, these do 'not' fade away.

What an idiot. Whether contrails fade quickly or last for hours depends on the atmospheric conditions where they formed. They can last many hours or barely form before vanishing. It's just ice crystals..........

[tet68]

It’s the Foo fighters I’m worried about.

[Squidpup]

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

If the goverment had access to our water supply,...

Who distributes your public water system?

[SaxxonWoods]

What would dropping barium test? Seems like a very sloppy procedure, dropping stuff from 30,000 feet. Small planes apraying at night over very small areas would make more sense.

Where’s the person with the “Oh no, not this s**t again” picture?

[Strategerist]

Yeah, that’s the central problem of this nuttery (which I’d mistakenly assumed had finally died.)

Given the right humidity/temp conditions a “normal” contral can last and spread out for hours.

[Strategerist]

Any small particles/droplets dropped from 30,000 feet will end up hundreds of miles away.

I used to be amused by people purporting to see Chemtrails on the East Coast. Anything they were supposedly dropping would end up in the Atlantic ocean.

[Traveler59]

Biggest bunch of nutcases I've ever encountered on the net. Just like the '9/11 toofers' and most rabid lefty idiots, they can't form a coherent argument or debate even if you gave them a head start. Watched two of the chemtrail believers drop into an airline pilots forum and ask the chemtrail questions. The response from the pilots was very entertaining. I just refer to the chemtrail believers as members of the tin-foil beanie brigade (TFBB).

Traveler

[listenhillary]

Yes, we have the military that would harm the nation that they have sworn to protect. They won’t have to deal with the after effects as they and their families will all live in the secret government compounds where they keep the mind control beam generators.

(/snarcasm)

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

it can't be too toxic:

[Nik Naym]

OK, who has the picture of the “Aw Jeez” guy holding his forehead?

[Right Wing Assault]

Look out for the scalar electromagnetic energy beams, too.

[enraged]

http://www.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id305/pg1/index.html

[shield]

OMGosh...how long do we have to endure chemtrail crapola. We know it’s taking place...but if you’ll research it...it’s not what you think it is.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

chemtrail crapola

pun re #12? :)

[crazyhorse691]

“This is water and stuff that I collected in bowls. I had it sitting out in my backyard in my dad’s pick-up truck,” said Nichols as he handed us a mason jar in the KSLA News 12 parking lot back in September after driving down from Arkansas.

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The mystery has been solved since his samples were collected under the strictest scientific procedures.

[Cyber Liberty]

Ah...the good old days. I wonder how Michael Rivero’s doing these days....

[rawcatslyentist]

BUY REYNOLDS!

[Fresh Wind]

It would seem that the Troofers are also troubled by chemtrails. Not surprising at all.

[Bear_Slayer]

Me too! They're very loud.

[DrGunsforHands]

Generally, they’re the same people. Seems to be a progression of sorts. Starts with something plausible and vague, like $1000 screwdrivers are actually $10, with $990 going towards classified projects. Not a problem. Then it gets angry: “George Bush stole the election in 2000!” Then it gets shocked and suspicious: “Whom would benefit from the 9/11 attacks?” Then it gets a suspect: “George Bush planned 9/11!” Then it combines things: “George Bush planned 9/11 to hide the proof that he stole the 2000 election!” Then it just gets weird: “George Bush funded the 9/11 attacks with the extra money from the $1000 screwdrivers!” Then they get depressed and confused:”George Bush stole the election again, but how did he do it?” Then they discover chemtrails:”George Bush brainwashed us with chemtrails!” Then they find ask questions:”no one liked George Bush before 9/11; why did they like him after?” Then they connect to chemtrails:”he used chemtrails!” Then they connect everything: “George Bush planned 9/11 not only to destroy the 2000 election stealing evidence but so that he could ground all the planes so that they could be altered to emit chemtrails so that he could brainwash people into electing him into office again in 2004!”

Whew, that was exhausting. Amusing though. And, in true chemtrailer fashion, no paragraphs!

[Samwise]

[BurbankKarl]

I see the government has tinkered with the truth...

http://www.microvoltradio.com/chemtrail.htm

[TXnMA]

LOL!!! Nicely done!

[TXnMA]

The big problem with this — for me, here in Northeast Texas — is that KSLA (Shreveport, LA) is one of the more reliable local news channels in these parts... :-(

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Chemtrails?

It means someone is using a URNIAL on the aircraft.

[Myrddin]

Barium sulfate is used as a contrast medium. Barium carbonate is rat poison. Which barium compound was referenced in the article?

[The SISU kid]

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

well, as you can see, the chemtrail article above sez just “barium”.

as far as barium in general and barium compounds, here is more than most would want to know.....
http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?action=search&subset=atsdr&queryText=+barium&+.x=0&+.y=0

you may also get further info of the type in the article above here:
www.coasttocoastam.com

or:

artbell@hotmail.com

[Traveler59]

If you want to see some real fun, go to http://afghanistanwar.com/showthread.php?t=16321&page=1&pp=15 and watch what happened when we caught a chemtrail believer out in the open. Quite funny, actually.

-Traveler

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/search_results.html?query=barium&x=0&y=0

[DrGunsforHands]

You mean the “black beams” that shoot out in front of airplanes? I’ve actually seen this phenomenon, so they do exist. They aren’t energy beams or anything like that though, they’re contrail shadows. It can occur when the sun is only partway up the sky and a plane is flying away from the sun. Because the sun is not very high in the sky, the contrail’s shadow extends in front of the plane for many, many miles.

Because it’s so high, from the ground, the shadow appears level with the plane. As it appears at the speed of light, the “black beam” appears instantaneously, and, as the plane’s contrail caused it, the plane perfectly tracks along the beam, never once deviating from its path.

Encountering this phenomenon was shocking, but discovering the true source of the “black beam” was quite an adventure in itself. Here’s my tale:

On the ground, the appearance of the shadow was instantaneous. One second nothing was in the sky, the next second, a thin black line was in the sky, extending from horizon to horizon. Really, it was the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen in my life. It reminded me of the sky in Halo. I had my friends look at it too, to make sure that there wasn’t something wrong with my eyes (or worse). Sure enough, they saw it too. After only a few minutes, it was gone.

I looked all over online but the only sites with information on black lines/shadows/beams/etc. in the sky were conspiracy websites. I was intrigued/amused by their theories, but they all involved government conspiracies, supernatural origins, mad scientists, and/or extraterrestrial origins.

I looked for dissenting opinions on the comments page of a youtube video some chemtrailer had uploaded on the topic, but there was none. Every poster was in total agreement on the validity of the chemtrail theory and their disgust for any and all nonbelievers. In the hundreds and hundreds of unanimous posts, there were references to dissenting comments/commenters, but though I looked through every page, of these nonbelievers and their “blashemy”, I could find nothing. Everywhere I looked, it was the same. To maintain the illusion of unanimity, all dissenting comments had been deleted.

I finally found a video with a less Orwellian comments section. There, someone else was tearing into these wackos and trying, without success, to explain to them what was actually going on. Relieved at finding a non-ludicrous explanation, I professed my profound gratitude and relief at finding someone else who wasn’t completely freaking insane. We shared some laughs at their expense and I went away with a better understanding of the physical world.

[Right Wing Assault]

I’ve actually heard of these things but have never seen them. Sounds very cool.

Those aren’t the scalar beams I was talking about, though. A few links:

http://prahlad.org/pub/bearden/examples.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/project233.html

http://www.freedomdomain.com/weathercontrol/scalarweapon01.html

[RolandBurnam]

meant it to read “since the govt has”..