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[Admin: this was originally posted under https://www.metabunk.org/threads/661-Debunked-Chemtrail-Plane-Interior-(Ballast-Barrels) and those would be the photos referred to here, I've moved it into its own thread here, as it raises much broader questions]

I think it's great to come to those kinds of photos with a critical eye. Obviously it's not a scientific approach for anyone to "doctor" photos for any cause. I'm sure that on both sides of the argument there are those who look for data to support their belief and they will interpret those data accordingly. It's the challenge of science. Can one actually be objective? Does one "take a side" on emotional impulse, or does one simply follow the data like a curious child?

While I'm mildly impressed with the debunk of the photos and I think it will only bring more clarity to the issue, it doesn't in any way debunk the entire chemtrail issue as a whole. So don't be too impressed with yourselves. You've got a ways to go, and far, far more data to analyze.

Just a few simple questions should cause careful reflection in every logical thinker:

1) If there really were a top-secret program to release aerosols into the atmosphere via jet airplanes, is there any way we would actually have photos of the interiors of such planes? Is it possible that personal cameras or other devices would be allowed anywhere near the facilities and equipment? [Based on what we know of other top-secret programs and facilities, this is highly improbable. You've seen security at the public airport -- what do you think it would like at a highly classified military research facility?]

2) How do environmental samples and readings play into this? Are thousands of researchers around the globe merely "doctoring" the results of their soil and water samples showing alarming levels of heavy metals? Have they all somehow got it wrong? Keep in mind that among these researchers are biologists, chemists, lab technologists, and many other experts.

3) How do the astute observations of experienced farmers play into this? Some farmers are reporting as much as 60% losses to their crop yields since they started observing what they call "spraying." Is this merely in their imaginations? Or are these farmers, who are very experienced with weather conditions, soil conditions, and so forth, observing the direct results of geo-engineering?

4) How does the openly stated goal of "owning the weather" play into this? The U.S. Air Force released a paper, "Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather by 2025." This is not the only government document discussing weather [and food] as a weapon of war. Are we to suppose the biggest military machine on the planet is merely joking about "owning the weather"? Is there a precedent for their ambitions? [Hint: Vietnam -- Ben Livingston -- Operation Popeye]

5) How does the meteorological science play into this? Is it possible that the formation, appearance, and character of "normal" contrails has so radically and so suddenly changed? On the basis of pure observation -- WITHOUT INTERPRETATION -- why is it, and how is it, that "persistent" contrails now remain in the sky for many hours, expand, and form into a haze? [Whereas contrails used to simply dissipate in a matter of seconds -- and some still do] How is this possible? [Neither "debunkers," nor "hoaxers" can yet sufficiently answer these questions! They have only opinion, backed by "data" that supports their belief!]

6) How does the recent marketplace activity of "weather trading" play into this? It is an established fact that on various futures and trading exchanges, "weather" is now bought and sold as a commodity! Who stands to benefit from insider trading in such activities? Does it stand to reason that some group *might* have a stake [on multiple fronts] in controlling the weather?

7) How does corporate behavior play into this? Take, for example, a corporation like Monsanto, repeatedly caught red-handed lying, cheating, and otherwise rigging the system for its own benefit. It is clear from careful investigation that the Biotech - Agra industry [Monsanto, DuPont, Cargill, etc] has been "in bed" with the FDA for years -- surely there's a conflict of interest when the former VP for Monsanto is now head of the FDA? This "revolving door" between corporate giants and the government is well-documented. The point is this: Monsanto, for example, has done everything in its power to get GMO's into the food supply with virtually no human testing, no regulation, no public discourse. Furthermore, the link between GMO's and a whole carnival of diseases is clear, yet as usual, "profit" is more important than health and ecosystem vitality. Could the same kind of psychology apply to the recent obsession with "halting climate change" and "controlling the weather"?

These first few questions merely scratch the SURFACE of this issue; so please, don't pat yourselves on the back too much for discrediting a few lousily photo-shopped images. And please, rid yourselves of the pretentious labels your throw around, such as "hoaxers." The fact is, people researching this issue are sincere and concerned individuals for the most part, like most of you.

So instead of taking sides on emotional impulse, and instead of searching for data that confirm our perceptual worldview, let's all work together to be more like children, who are simply, open, innocent, and ultimately curious. They don't dismiss information out of hand, merely because it isn't in keeping with their worldview. They consider every possibility, no matter how outlandish it may seem, and they follow all ideas to their final conclusion. Obviously, as adults, our reasoning capacity is developed where the child's is not. But on the same hand, if we do not have the flexibility and innocence of a child, then we have also lost our ability to think critically and creatively -- we have fallen into the rigid trap of merely propping up our worldview.

We all have a ways to go, and there's FAR more to the story.

In addition the questions I posed, consider this article, which cites a number of sources for your convenience. And truly, CONSIDER It. Don't merely dismiss it out of hand because it's posted on a website that you've been pre-programmed to filter out on the basis of a reputation projected onto it by someone else. Consider the INFORMATION -- forget the propaganda.
 
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A lot of questions there. Let's take one:

5) How does the meteorological science play into this? Is it possible that the formation, appearance, and character of "normal" contrails has so radically and so suddenly changed? On the basis of pure observation -- WITHOUT INTERPRETATION -- why is it, and how is it, that "persistent" contrails now remain in the sky for many hours, expand, and form into a haze? [Whereas contrails used to simply dissipate in a matter of seconds -- and some still do] How is this possible? [Neither "debunkers," nor "hoaxers" can yet sufficiently answer these questions! They have only opinion, backed by "data" that supports their belief!]

They have not changed. Science and the historical record says they have not changed. People remember contrails persisting in the past just like they do now.

Of course there are people who DON'T remember persistent contrails, but when you weight that against all the people who do, AND the huge weight of scientific and historical evidence, then it seems vastly more likely that their lack of memory is due to reasons other than a new spraying program or change in the atmosphere.

The real change between the "debunkers" and "hoaxers" is that the "hoaxers" do NOT have data that supports their belief.

But also keep in mind that the one post you see here is not the totality of chemtrail debunking. All the point you raise are points that have been raised multiple times over the last 15 years, and debunked multiple times. You can find a lot of the debunking here, and on contrailscience.com, and even on sites like abovetopsecret.com or godlikeproductions.com.
 
Just a few simple questions should cause careful reflection in every logical thinker:


5) How does the meteorological science play into this? Is it possible that the formation, appearance, and character of "normal" contrails has so radically and so suddenly changed? On the basis of pure observation -- WITHOUT INTERPRETATION -- why is it, and how is it, that "persistent" contrails now remain in the sky for many hours, expand, and form into a haze? [Whereas contrails used to simply dissipate in a matter of seconds -- and some still do] How is this possible? [Neither "debunkers," nor "hoaxers" can yet sufficiently answer these questions! They have only opinion, backed by "data" that supports their belief!]


Good question!

As Mick pointed out, contrails have been observed to persist for hours and spread into a haze for as long as planes have flown high enough. Indeed, the meteorological science and historical record supports this as this research paper from 1972 confirms. There are literally 100s more papers written by atmospheric scientists from around the World over the last 40yrs detailing the processes by which contrails form, persist and spread suggesting that the belief that this behavior is somehow "new" and contrails never did this is, in fact, false. Thus, the main premise upon which the theory is built is FALSE. The historical record of persisting, spreading contrails is FACT- not opinion. The physics of atmosphere are a fact- not opinion.


http://ciresweb.colorado.edu/science/groups/pielke/classes/atoc7500/knollenberg72.pdf

Measurements of the Growth of the Ice Budget in a Persisting Contrail
R.G. Knollenberg
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume 29, Issue 7 (October 1972)


"It is often observed that contrails spread considerably...Under favorable conditions, a lateral spread of kilometers is observed...If sufficient air traffic exists, an entire overcast of contrail cirrus may develop and persist for hours with rapid growth in the ice budget of individual contrails."
 
In addition the questions I posed, consider this article, which cites a number of sources for your convenience. And truly, CONSIDER It. Don't merely dismiss it out of hand because it's posted on a website that you've been pre-programmed to filter out on the basis of a reputation projected onto it by someone else. Consider the INFORMATION -- forget the propaganda.

This seems to be missing a link?
 
I think you have left out an important issue regarding the contrails observed . . . there are now more of them and they are more frequent than they were historically . . . Why? Several reasons . . .

1) There are more long haul aviation flights now than ever before . . . simple . . . a greater chance an aircraft will venture through optimal air to produce persistent contrails

2) Aircraft are flying at higher altitudes routinely now than ever before . . . again . . . this results in more aircraft transiting optimal air for contrail formation and cirrus cloud banks. . .

3) More aircraft are using higher efficiency engines which have a greater capacity to form persistent contrails and thus cirrus clouds as well . . .

4) More aircraft emissions increase the relative humidity in cruising lanes so subsequent aircraft crossing these lanes have a higher probability of finding optimal air for contrail formation . . .
 
1) There are more long haul aviation flights now than ever before . . . simple . . . a grater chance an aircraft will venture through optimal air to produce persistent contrails . . . more aircraft means more contrails as in this projection of the increases from 1992 to 2050 . . . .
 
Surface-Based Observations of Contrail Occurrence Over the US, Apr. 1993 to Apr. 1994 (December 1, 1997)

http://archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_19980016165

Surface observers stationed at 19 U.S. Air Force Bases and Army Air Stations recorded the daytime occurrence of contrails and cloud fraction on an hourly basis for the period April 1993 through April 1994. Each observation uses one of four main categories to report contrails as unobserved, non-persistent, persistent, and indeterminate. Additional classification includes the co-occurrence of cirrus with each report. The data cover much of the continental U.S. including locations near major commercial air routes. The mean annual frequency of occurrence in unobstructed viewing conditions is 13 percent for these sites. Contrail occurrence varied substantially with location and season. Most contrails occurred during the winter months and least during the summer with a pronounced minimum during July. Although nocturnal observations are not available, it appears that the contrails have a diurnal variation that peaks during mid morning over most areas. Contrails were most often observed in areas near major commercial air corridors and least often over areas far removed from the heaviest air traffic. A significant correlation exists between mean contrail frequency and aircraft fuel usage above 7 km suggesting predictive potential for assessing future contrail effects on climate.
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7 Km = 22, 965 feet


According to Patrick Minnis, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., there has been a one percent per decade increase in cirrus cloud cover over the United States, likely due to air traffic.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=4435


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2) Aircraft are flying at higher altitudes routinely now than ever before . . . again . . . this results in more aircraft transiting optimal air for contrail formation and cirrus cloud banks. . .


New Rules Permit More Jets To Fly Closer In High Altitudes

http://www.aviationtoday.com/ran/ca...ets-To-Fly-Closer-In-High-Altitudes_4086.html

High altitude flying is now more crowded over North America as aviation regulators implement a new program designed to save airlines time and money.
In use elsewhere in the world since 1997, the new standards for reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) took effect on Jan. 20 in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Jet aircraft flying about 29,000 feet are now flying with 1,000 feet of vertical separation of each other instead of the former 2,000 feet.
Regional jets as well as mainline jets will benefit from the new operating standards as the rules are "aircraft neutral," said Charles Eastlake, a professor of aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Nor will RJs be at a disadvantage flying closer to a jumbo jet as the lateral separation is not an issue between different types of aircraft, he added. Air traffic controllers will continue to maintain the same 5.75 mile gap between aircraft flying at the same altitude.
"As the data gets more accurate due to improved technology, the FAA said it is now safer to allow the planes to get closer together. Everyone agrees that this is an appropriate thing to do," Eastlake said.
By decreasing the vertical separation between aircraft, the layers reserved for each plane's flight path will be thinner. "So there will be twice as many layers, thus you can fly twice as many planes in the same area," Eastlake said. The change gives the air traffic controllers the flexibility to assign more aircraft to the highest permitted altitudes where the jets fly most efficiently.

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I'm not really a debunker or anything, though I do share the same skies that people often point their fingers to when they suspect there is something shady going on (I do a bit of flying myself). I mostly invest my interest on the topic of chemtrails because, after a bit of reading, I find it disturbing that some proponents advocate, promote, and perform violence for something they know so little about but instead jump to conclusions. My tackle on the whole topic of chemtrails is that whether you believe them or not, you should not take a side and jump to conclusions until you actually piece together the whole puzzle with all the pieces of available evidence. Problem is, a lot of people do jump to conclusions--there is a lot of real bunk out there, and I say bunk because they raise the flag for the wrong reasons--and this has caused a lot of paranoia. Now, normally this would be fine, but there has been finger pointing, accusations, and again, violence.

Here are my thoughts on some of the questions raised though (point by point, by the op). Again, I'm not a debunker, but I do know a little bit about this topic because my life's hobby is aviation and I do believe in a little common sense.

1) Getting photos of interior from a theoretically top-secret facility is difficult. But, think of it this way, there is a lot of logistics required to launch a jet plane. With a few exceptions, a top-secret military facility requires at least a sizeable runway, and a supply chain to keep the aircraft and facilities operational. You also require a lot of people to keep their mouth shut. For a sizeable operation such as modifying the weather at a global scale, the trail would be difficult to cover up. Then you have to think of the motive: is it to 'mind-control' people as some people are concerned about, and if so, why not just put something in the water supply? Is it a genuine effort to control global warming, and if it is, are they covering it up because it happens do do harm to the populace? And then you have to imagine all the possible ways to get caught. Taking off and climbing up straight into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is not that easy to go unnoticed, especially if one has a preconceived idea that they are doing this world-wide. There is a lot of people you have to pay off to keep this quiet.

2) As far as environmental samples go, I've mostly seen the alarming reports come from proponents of chemtrails. They might be out there, but so far, a lot of the evidence placed on the table involves misread reports (or intentionally misread reports), and poor sampling. One of the guys I saw on "What in the World are they Spraying" couldn't even properly read his ph samples correctly, couldn't distinguish between two uniquely different units of measurements, and his credentials were apparently up the wazoo as far as science goes. There are also controlled variables that one must take into account, such as leaving a jar of water outside while being exposed to all kinds of elements. Don't get me wrong, environmental samples and readings are a good thing to point to some kind of uncertainty, but the problem is, there hasn't been anything reliable. If there are thousands of researchers out there showing alarming levels of heavy metals, I certainly don't hear about it, and I live in a place that literally has farms scattered hundreds and hundreds of miles in either direction.

3) It might depend on the farmers you are talking to. If they have a preconceived notion that there is "spraying" going on, they might be having a confirmation bias. I work with people who grew up in farms all the time, and never in our conversations do we talk about any spraying outside. One of my flight instructors who taught me how to fly actually owns a farm (or at least his father does), and again, I don't hear about this from him either, despite the fact that there is a community of people here who believes in chemtrails. There is weather seeding, and I -think- some farmers know about this, since the insurance companies that pay for weather modification are there for the farmers, but beyond that, nothing. I know this year there has been a relatively lower crop yield here in North America, and a lot of this can be attributed more to drought than illicit spraying.

4) This isn't a topic that I'm too familiar with. I've heard of the USAF paper, but never read it myself. I heard about operation popeye though, but you must keep in mind that that was performed way back. I've also heard that the UK admitted to illicit spraying of their own people of some community a while back as well. Here is the thing though: yes, the technology is there; yes, people have been sprayed on before. Question is, can we accuse them the same thing now? Keep in mind the context of all the things that have happened. The way weather was used in Vietnam is completely different from the thing that happened to the UK. The only similarity is that they both came from an airplane. We get it, planes can drop stuff. But are they releasing stuff for the reasons we think? Well, I think we need stronger evidence before we can start pointing fingers.

5) Ah, this is a topic that we pilots know a bit of, since we study meteorology. Meteorological science has been around for a long time. Persistent contrails have been known from the early days in aviation, but it seems a lot of proponents don't really know that much about it. I keep hearing: "contrails go away within a few minutes. Chemtrails last for hours," and that has to be the silliest thing I've ever heard. You ask: "why is it, and how is it, that "persistent" contrails now remain in the sky for many hours, expand, and form into haze?". It's not really that trivial of a question here. The problem is, most people who has never been too deeply exposed to aviation and meteorology simply don't know much about what's going on in our atmosphere, and I don't blame them--they don't get exposed to this stuff often. There is no real change in science here, and the science explaining it is so straightforward that it is almost childs-play if one takes the time to look it up. The explanation for contrail formation, whether persistent, aerodynamic, or otherwise, hasn't even changed much if at all since the early days we've been studying contrails.

Quite simply, you go up to the upper reaches of the troposphere where it gets really cold (-40 to -56 C or so), and if you inject a little bit of water vapor into the air, it's going to condense, freeze, and possibly form a cloud, and clouds can last a long time. It makes total sense. You can simulate this stuff on the ground too if you had the right tools. Heck, one can simply open their freezer with a humidifier going which would likely yield some small-scale results. The other thing to consider is how our planes have changed over the years. A Boeing 777, for instance, carries two large high-bypass engines on it's wings, which actually contributes more to contrail creation than previous airliners before it. Our planes also tend to cruise at higher altitudes than before. There are also a lot more of them today than say, 20 years ago.

6) Don't know much about this. I just read an article around this, and yes, it does appear that it can be bought and sold. Obviously, there are money makers who can benefit off of this. Whether or not this actually implies something shady is going on is another matter. Yeah, some group may have a stake in controlling weather, but whether there is something shady going on for the sake of this is a totally other matter. You need to bridge the correlation.

7) I've always been pretty distrustful for a lot of corporations out there. But again, the correlation needs to be bridged. Just because a corporation may benefit from a certain practice doesn't necessarily mean they are doing it. They need to cover their back sides too.

I agree that information shouldn't be dismissed. To arrive at the truth, one should consider all the variables with what they have. However, we can't dismiss there is junk information out there. I guess, for the debunkers, the job is to disseminate the evidence from the bullcrap

Edit: Fixed a few things for clarity
 
I'm not really a debunker or anything, though I do share the same skies that people often point their fingers to when they suspect there is something shady going on (I do a bit of flying myself). I mostly invest my interest on the topic of chemtrails because, after a bit of reading, I find it disturbing that some proponents advocate, promote, and perform violence for something they know so little about but instead jump to conclusions. My tackle on the whole topic of chemtrails is that whether you believe them or not, you should not take a side and jump to conclusions until you actually piece together the whole puzzle with all the pieces of available evidence. Problem is, a lot of people do jump to conclusions--there is a lot of real bunk out there, and I say bunk because they raise the flag for the wrong reasons--and this has caused a lot of paranoia. Now, normally this would be fine, but there has been finger pointing, accusations, and again, violence.

Here are my thoughts on some of the questions raised though. Again, I'm not a debunker, but I do know a little bit about this topic because my life's hobby is aviation and I do believe in a little common sense.

1) Getting photos of interior from a theoretically top-secret facility is difficult. But, think of it this way, there is a lot of logistics required to launch a jet plane. With a few exceptions, a top-secret military facility requires at least a sizeable runway, and a supply chain to keep the aircraft and facilities operational. You also require a lot of people to keep their mouth shut. For a sizeable operation such as modifying the weather at a global scale, the trail would be difficult to cover up. Then you have to think of the motive: is it to 'mind-control' people as some people are concerned about, and if so, why not just put something in the water supply? Is it a genuine effort to control global warming, and if it is, are they covering it up because it happens do do harm to the populace? And then you have to imagine all the possible ways to get caught. Taking off and climbing up straight into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere is not that easy to go unnoticed, especially if one has a preconceived idea that they are doing this world-wide. There is a lot of people you have to pay off to keep this quiet.

2) As far as environmental samples go, I've mostly seen the alarming reports come from proponents of chemtrails. They might be out there, but so far, a lot of the evidence placed on the table involves misread reports (or intentionally misread reports), and poor sampling. One of the guys I saw on "What in the World are they Spraying" couldn't even properly read his ph samples correctly, couldn't distinguish between two uniquely different units of measurements, and his credentials were apparently up the wazoo as far as science goes. There are also controlled variables that one must take into account, such as leaving a jar of water outside while being exposed to all kinds of elements. Don't get me wrong, environmental samples and readings are a good thing to point to some kind of uncertainty, but the problem is, there hasn't been anything reliable. If there are thousands of researchers out there showing alarming levels of heavy metals, I certainly don't hear about it, and I live in a place that literally has farms scattered hundreds and hundreds of miles in either direction.

3) It might depend on the farmers you are talking to. If they have a preconceived notion that there is "spraying" going on, they might be having a confirmation bias. I work with people who grew up in farms all the time, and never in our conversations do we talk about any spraying outside. One of my flight instructors who taught me how to fly actually owns a farm (or at least his father does), and again, I don't hear about this from him either, despite the fact that there is a community of people here who believes in chemtrails. There is weather seeding, and I -think- some farmers know about this, since the insurance companies that pay for weather modification are there for the farmers, but beyond that, nothing. I know this year there has been a relatively lower crop yield here in North America, and a lot of this can be attributed more to drought than illicit spraying.

4) This isn't a topic that I'm too familiar with. I've heard of the USAF paper, but never read it myself. I heard about operation popeye though, but you must keep in mind that that was performed way back. I've also heard that the UK admitted to illicit spraying of their own people of some community a while back as well. Here is the thing though: yes, the technology is there; yes, people have been sprayed on before. Question is, can we accuse them the same thing now? Keep in mind the context of all the things that have happened. The way weather was used in Vietnam is completely different from the thing that happened to the UK. The only similarity is that they both came from an airplane. We get it, planes can drop stuff. But are they releasing stuff for the reasons we think? Well, I think we need stronger evidence before we can start pointing fingers.

5) Ah, this is a topic that we pilots know a bit of, since we study meteorology. Meteorological science has been around for a long time. Persistent contrails have been known from the early days in aviation, but it seems a lot of proponents don't really know that much about it. I keep hearing: "contrails go away within a few minutes. Chemtrails last for hours," and that has to be the silliest thing I've ever heard. You ask: "why is it, and how is it, that "persistent" contrails now remain in the sky for many hours, expand, and form into haze?". It's not really that trivial of a question here. The problem is, most people who has never been too deeply exposed to aviation and meteorology simply don't know much about what's going on in our atmosphere, and I don't blame them--they don't get exposed to this stuff often. There is no real change in science here, and the science explaining it is so straightforward that it is almost childs-play if one takes the time to look it up. The explanation for contrail formation, whether persistent, aerodynamic, or otherwise, hasn't even changed much if at all since the early days we've been studying contrails.

Quite simply, you go up to the upper reaches of the troposphere where it gets really cold (-40 to -56 C or so), and if you inject a little bit of water vapor into the air, it's going to condense, freeze, and possibly form a cloud, and clouds can last a long time. It makes total sense. You can simulate this stuff on the ground too if you had the right tools. Heck, one can simply open their freezer with a humidifier going which would likely yield some small-scale results. The other thing to consider is how our planes have changed over the years. A Boeing 777, for instance, carries two large high-bypass engines on it's wings, which actually contributes more to contrail creation than previous airliners before it. Our planes also tend to cruise at higher altitudes than before. There are also a lot more of them today than say, 20 years ago.

6) Don't know much about this. I just read an article around this, and yes, it does appear that it can be bought and sold. Obviously, there are money makers who can benefit off of this. Whether or not this actually implies something shady is going on is another matter. Yeah, some group may have a stake in controlling weather, but whether there is something shady going on for the sake of this is a totally other matter. You need to bridge the correlation.

7) I've always been pretty distrustful for a lot of corporations out there. But again, the correlation needs to be bridged. Just because a corporation may benefit from a certain practice doesn't necessarily mean they are doing it. They need to cover their back sides too.

I agree that information shouldn't be dismissed. To arrive at the truth, one should consider all the variables with what they have. However, we can't dismiss there is junk information out there. I guess, for the debunkers, the job is to disseminate the crap from the bullcrap

You have listed many issues . . . which one is most important to the chemtrail conspiracy you would like to discuss???
 
You have listed many issues . . . which one is most important to the chemtrail conspiracy you would like to discuss???

George, Rico was responding point by point to the original post. You should ask that question of the OP :)
 
[Admin: this was originally posted under https://www.metabunk.org/threads/661-Debunked-Chemtrail-Plane-Interior-(Ballast-Barrels) and those would be the photos referred to here, I've moved it into its own thread here, as it raises much broader questions]

I think it's great to come to those kinds of photos with a critical eye. Obviously it's not a scientific approach for anyone to "doctor" photos for any cause. I'm sure that on both sides of the argument there are those who look for data to support their belief and they will interpret those data accordingly. It's the challenge of science. Can one actually be objective? Does one "take a side" on emotional impulse, or does one simply follow the data like a curious child?

While I'm mildly impressed with the debunk of the photos and I think it will only bring more clarity to the issue, it doesn't in any way debunk the entire chemtrail issue as a whole. So don't be too impressed with yourselves. You've got a ways to go, and far, far more data to analyze.

Just a few simple questions should cause careful reflection in every logical thinker:

1) If there really were a top-secret program to release aerosols into the atmosphere via jet airplanes, is there any way we would actually have photos of the interiors of such planes? Is it possible that personal cameras or other devices would be allowed anywhere near the facilities and equipment? [Based on what we know of other top-secret programs and facilities, this is highly improbable. You've seen security at the public airport -- what do you think it would like at a highly classified military research facility?]

2) How do environmental samples and readings play into this? Are thousands of researchers around the globe merely "doctoring" the results of their soil and water samples showing alarming levels of heavy metals? Have they all somehow got it wrong? Keep in mind that among these researchers are biologists, chemists, lab technologists, and many other experts.

3) How do the astute observations of experienced farmers play into this? Some farmers are reporting as much as 60% losses to their crop yields since they started observing what they call "spraying." Is this merely in their imaginations? Or are these farmers, who are very experienced with weather conditions, soil conditions, and so forth, observing the direct results of geo-engineering?

4) How does the openly stated goal of "owning the weather" play into this? The U.S. Air Force released a paper, "Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather by 2025." This is not the only government document discussing weather [and food] as a weapon of war. Are we to suppose the biggest military machine on the planet is merely joking about "owning the weather"? Is there a precedent for their ambitions? [Hint: Vietnam -- Ben Livingston -- Operation Popeye]

5) How does the meteorological science play into this? Is it possible that the formation, appearance, and character of "normal" contrails has so radically and so suddenly changed? On the basis of pure observation -- WITHOUT INTERPRETATION -- why is it, and how is it, that "persistent" contrails now remain in the sky for many hours, expand, and form into a haze? [Whereas contrails used to simply dissipate in a matter of seconds -- and some still do] How is this possible? [Neither "debunkers," nor "hoaxers" can yet sufficiently answer these questions! They have only opinion, backed by "data" that supports their belief!]

6) How does the recent marketplace activity of "weather trading" play into this? It is an established fact that on various futures and trading exchanges, "weather" is now bought and sold as a commodity! Who stands to benefit from insider trading in such activities? Does it stand to reason that some group *might* have a stake [on multiple fronts] in controlling the weather?

7) How does corporate behavior play into this? Take, for example, a corporation like Monsanto, repeatedly caught red-handed lying, cheating, and otherwise rigging the system for its own benefit. It is clear from careful investigation that the Biotech - Agra industry [Monsanto, DuPont, Cargill, etc] has been "in bed" with the FDA for years -- surely there's a conflict of interest when the former VP for Monsanto is now head of the FDA? This "revolving door" between corporate giants and the government is well-documented. The point is this: Monsanto, for example, has done everything in its power to get GMO's into the food supply with virtually no human testing, no regulation, no public discourse. Furthermore, the link between GMO's and a whole carnival of diseases is clear, yet as usual, "profit" is more important than health and ecosystem vitality. Could the same kind of psychology apply to the recent obsession with "halting climate change" and "controlling the weather"?

These first few questions merely scratch the SURFACE of this issue; so please, don't pat yourselves on the back too much for discrediting a few lousily photo-shopped images. And please, rid yourselves of the pretentious labels your throw around, such as "hoaxers." The fact is, people researching this issue are sincere and concerned individuals for the most part, like most of you.

So instead of taking sides on emotional impulse, and instead of searching for data that confirm our perceptual worldview, let's all work together to be more like children, who are simply, open, innocent, and ultimately curious. They don't dismiss information out of hand, merely because it isn't in keeping with their worldview. They consider every possibility, no matter how outlandish it may seem, and they follow all ideas to their final conclusion. Obviously, as adults, our reasoning capacity is developed where the child's is not. But on the same hand, if we do not have the flexibility and innocence of a child, then we have also lost our ability to think critically and creatively -- we have fallen into the rigid trap of merely propping up our worldview.

We all have a ways to go, and there's FAR more to the story.

In addition the questions I posed, consider this article, which cites a number of sources for your convenience. And truly, CONSIDER It. Don't merely dismiss it out of hand because it's posted on a website that you've been pre-programmed to filter out on the basis of a reputation projected onto it by someone else. Consider the INFORMATION -- forget the propaganda.
You have listed many issues . . . which one is most important to the chemtrail conspiracy you would like to discuss???
 
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Unregistered;15498. So instead of taking sides on emotional impulse said:
Unregistered, I will not be like a child. Children trust too easily, and the basis for the chemtrails hoax, same as for any CON, has always been trust. Someone trusted someone else and that got the ball rolling and keeps it that way. What a shame?

Adults have the benefit of wisdom based on personal life experience and vatsly greater knowledge. You decrythe use of the word hoax, eh? Perhaps you need some background information on the first evoluton of the chemtrails hoax, something very few chemtrail believers even bothered to look into.
Chemtrails didn't just 'happen', it was something that was intentionally created:

http://goodsky.homestead.com/files/evolution.html
 
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