Background Project Cirrus was the first attempt to modify a hurricane. It was a collaboration of the General Electric Corporation, the US Army Signal Corps, the Office of Naval Research, and the US Air Force. After several preparations, and initial skepticism by government scientists, the first attempt to modify a hurricane began on October 13, 1947 on a hurricane that was heading west to east and out to sea. An airplane flew along the rainbands of the hurricane, and dropped nearly 80 pounds (36 kilograms) of crushed dry ice into the clouds. The crew reported “Pronounced modification of the cloud…
Author: John Greenewald
Background Ball lightning is a debated and controversial atmospheric electrical phenomenon. The term refers to reports of luminous, usually spherical objects which vary from pea-sized to several meters in diameter. It is sometimes associated with thunderstorms, but lasts considerably longer than the split-second flash of a lightning bolt. Document Archive Ball Lightning Study [71 Pages, 1MB] Problem of Ball Lightning [352 Pages, 9MB]
Introduction An unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone or drone, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is armed with weaponry and has no onboard human pilot. Currently operational drones are under real-time human control of unknown precision. Drones change the nature of modern aerial combat. Controllers of drones are in no immediate danger, unlike jet pilots. As an advanced use of robots in war, drones also prompt fundamental questions about the relationship of warriors to war, and soldiers to their weapons. In terms of military logistics, much of the equipment necessary for a human…
Published by the Central Intelligence Agency, 04/14/2007 A Die-Hard Issue Gerald K. Haines An extraordinary 95 percent of all Americans have at least heard or read something about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), and 57 percent believe they are real. (1) Former US Presidents Carter and Reagan claim to have seen a UFO. UFOlogists–a neologism for UFO buffs–and private UFO organizations are found throughout the United States. Many are convinced that the US Government, and particularly CIA, are engaged in a massive conspiracy and coverup of the issue. The idea that CIA has secretly concealed its research into UFOs has been a…
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released nearly 1,000 pages on UFO material. These documents were one of the very few batches of UFO records I requested under the FOIA way back in 1996. The first batch, represented in PDF #1, were the records released by the CIA due to the FOIA case Ground Saucer Watch v. CIA for UFO related records back in the mid 1990s. (The CIA denied the release of UFO material, and the Ground Saucer Watch appealed and sued for the material. They were successful and below was the release). When I began requesting material under the…