A. R. Brown
When analyzing an article it is impervious that you judge the piece by the content in the piece and validity of the sources rather than simply trusting the caliber of the author. While browsing the internet, I uncovered a very interesting article about HAARP written by Michel Chossudovsky a professor of economics at the University of Ottawa. Chossudovsky holds a PhD in economics from the University of North Carolina, has written multiple books, and has served as a governmental advisor for developing countries. Judging only by his accreditations one could assume that he is a man who has the knowledge to easily analyze and debunk conspiracy theories as wacky as the New World Order and HAARP.
However Chossudovsky’s article claims that HAARP is a plot designed by the military in cooperation with the New World Order to destabilize the world’s economies through weather warfare and mind control. He also claims that HAARP was build with to work with the space station in a way that could cause a massive beam of laser energy to vaporize selected parts of the globe. The article also goes so far as to claim that HAARP is causing global warming and could cause a shift in plate tectonics.
You would think that a man with so much education wouldn’t overlook even basic scientific principals when making claims that could conceivably put his job at risk. Fortunately for us his article holds almost no scientific backing. The claim the HAARP is a secret weapon devised by the military is preposterous. In reality HAARP is a publicly funded research installation designed by the University of Alaska to study the atmosphere directly above the station by exiting electrons in the ionosphere. They are most definitely not a secret organization either. All of their findings are publicly disclosed on their website and independent organizations such as universities can rent the facility.
On top of that, the claim that HAARP can change weather patterns around the world holds no valid science. First of all the ionosphere is hundreds of miles above where all of our weather happens. Second even if HAARP could aim its waves at where our weather takes place, the high frequency waves would have no effect on weather. Furthermore even if the wave could affect the weather, they pale in comparison to the natural radioactive energy that hits the earth’s atmosphere everyday.
Another claim that holds no scientific backing is the fast that HAARP can change the climate all over the planet. First of all, the station can only emit waves directly above the station and even if it could bounce high frequency wave off the ionosphere to target various places in the globe, the surrounding mountains would stop the waves. The claims do, to the contrary, assert that the facility could emit ultra low frequency waves as low as .5 Hz, which could travel through the planet but would have no affect on the climate and if used for military communication transmit information at an extremely low data rate. Overall, Chossudovsky’s claims are a perfect example of why you should not trust information simply because it’s from a “credible” source.
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