Sedona chemtrails: fact or fiction

by Carl Jackson | Sedona.biz

 

Sedona, AZ - At SedonaForums.com (part of Sedona.biz), one of the most active discussion forums has been about chemtrails. Since March 2007, the chemtrail forum has been viewed almost five thousand times and there have been 18 posts, many linking to videos and photos of suspected chemtrails taken over Sedona and elsewhere, and to articles about chemtrails.

Some in Sedona feel that the government is purposefully spraying harmful metals into the sky. Here are some quotes from the chemtrail discussion forum:

"How do we protect our bodies from these harmful metals that we breath? I know there are lots of herbalists out there that maybe can give some advice...chemtrails use barium to form a cob web [in the sky]."

"One thing I have noticed is that the chems are put down very heavily right before a rain storm. Does that help carry the poison down to the earth? Is that an actual plan? Today and yesterday, Sedona had rain. Right before it started, the two days before, "they" were laying down chems like crazy. I've noticed this over and over and over again."

What are chemtrails? Chemtrails, or contrails as they were originally coined because they look like the condensation trails from jet exhaust or wingtips, were first noticed in the late 1990s as large billowy white vapor plumes of smoke that appear too thick to be jet exhaust. Chemtrails differ from most contrails in that they crisscross the sky, unlike the straight line configuration of typical contrails. Chemtrails also seem to take much longer to dissipate in the sky than contrails, and those exposed to chemtrails say they experienced pneumonia-like respiratory symptoms. Some recommend taking colloidal silver to offset the negative effects of chemtrails.

Some feel that the government is testing biological agents on its civilian population for population reduction. Others believe that it relates to space weaponry, weather modification, or possibly the government's attempt to slow global warming by spraying aluminum oxide particles into the air to create a sunscreen.

In 2001, presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) introduced the Space Preservation Act to the US House of Representatives. The purpose of the bill was "To preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for the benefit of all humankind by permanently prohibiting the basing of weapons in space by the United States, and to require the President to take action to adopt and implement a world treaty banning space-based weapons." In Section 7 of the bill it defined exotic weapons systems such as "electronic, psychotronic, or information weapons; chemtrails; high altitude ultra low frequency weapons systems; plasma, electromagnetic, sonic, or ultrasonic weapons; laser weapons systems; strategic, theater, tactical, or extraterrestrial weapons; and chemical, biological, environmental, climate, or tectonic weapons. "

Although the bill never passed, it lent credibility to those who believe chemtrails are real.

According to a U.S. Air Force paper regarding contrails, however, "The "Chemtrail" hoax has been investigated and refuted by many established and accredited universities, scientific organizations, and major media publications." The paper goes on to say that contrails can be long lasting and can form many shapes as they are dispersed by...wind shear. Also, more contrails have been seen in recent years due to the growth in the civil aviation market.

So, are chemtrails fact or fiction?

More likely than not, what appears to be chemtrails in Sedona's skies could simply be contrails left behind from airplanes landing on and taking off Airport Mesa at the Sedona Airport.