Jay Reynolds
Senior Member.
14 Years of Chemtrails, Comments and Suggestions (continued)
What has been happening that maintains this hoax?
The chemmies have been generally passive about directly proving their claims.
None of the evidence that they have presented has been found to in any way prove that what they claim are spraying is anything other than ordinary contrails.
Their main activities have included:
-'research' consisting of rehashing stuff long ago debunked
- proselytizing for new converts to their beliefs
- contacting government officials seeking answers which don't exist
- contacting media seeking coverage to gain more converts
- attempting to explain what they see using every logical fallacy imaginable
- taking photographs of contrails
A significant development has been the advent of pro hoax as well as skeptical activity using YouTube
videos over the past several years. This has been very effective for presentation of both sides of the issue.
A recently released DVD video called "What In The World Are They Spraying" was produced by Michael J. Murphy and G. Edward Griffin which has been extensively promoted in media and by screenings in several cities. It cites already debunked samples and contains many other factual errors, but has captured many new converts to the chemtrails belief.
What chemmies haven't done is to gain knowledge in the fields of aviation or atmospheric science.
It is interesting to note that over the nearly 15 years that the issue has been active, thousands of pilots have been licensed and related PhD. degrees issued, yet most chemmies remain as ignorant as ever and have failed to develop a general body of real knowledge accepted by the majority. They have also failed to correct each other when bogus information is presented as fact thus perpetuating ignorance and folly to the extent that newcomers repeat long discredited ideas.
Significantly, yet not unexpectedly, the chemmies have not yet organized a systematic survey of air traffic over the areas where they live. While encouraging others to merely "look up and believe!", they have failed to inspire their members to actively identify the aircraft which in actuality are often only six miles away. This mystery of unidentified aircraft perpetuates the unknown that began the hoax in the first place. (continued)
What has been happening that maintains this hoax?
The chemmies have been generally passive about directly proving their claims.
None of the evidence that they have presented has been found to in any way prove that what they claim are spraying is anything other than ordinary contrails.
Their main activities have included:
-'research' consisting of rehashing stuff long ago debunked
- proselytizing for new converts to their beliefs
- contacting government officials seeking answers which don't exist
- contacting media seeking coverage to gain more converts
- attempting to explain what they see using every logical fallacy imaginable
- taking photographs of contrails
A significant development has been the advent of pro hoax as well as skeptical activity using YouTube
videos over the past several years. This has been very effective for presentation of both sides of the issue.
A recently released DVD video called "What In The World Are They Spraying" was produced by Michael J. Murphy and G. Edward Griffin which has been extensively promoted in media and by screenings in several cities. It cites already debunked samples and contains many other factual errors, but has captured many new converts to the chemtrails belief.
What chemmies haven't done is to gain knowledge in the fields of aviation or atmospheric science.
It is interesting to note that over the nearly 15 years that the issue has been active, thousands of pilots have been licensed and related PhD. degrees issued, yet most chemmies remain as ignorant as ever and have failed to develop a general body of real knowledge accepted by the majority. They have also failed to correct each other when bogus information is presented as fact thus perpetuating ignorance and folly to the extent that newcomers repeat long discredited ideas.
Significantly, yet not unexpectedly, the chemmies have not yet organized a systematic survey of air traffic over the areas where they live. While encouraging others to merely "look up and believe!", they have failed to inspire their members to actively identify the aircraft which in actuality are often only six miles away. This mystery of unidentified aircraft perpetuates the unknown that began the hoax in the first place. (continued)