NBC News Covers Chemtrails "TOXIC SKY"

NBC News Covers Chemtrails - May 23, 2006 - http://www.nbclosangeles.com/ It's a quiet mountain community, but some residents claim something's happening in the sky that's making them sick -- Mystery clouds and unusual contrails ... Is it a weather experiment on a massive scale? In a Channel 4 News investigation, Paul Moyer looks into why some say the government is manipulating the weather. Transcript: http://www.skylies.org/html/toxicsky.html Transcript of KNBC "Toxic Sky" - May 23, 2006 Note: Items in parenthesis are added to the transcript for clarification purposes.) Paul Moyer: “Tonight, a community in the San Bernardino mountains has a real mystery on its hands. The official explanation here is that jet contrails are causing strange lines in the sky and that it’s pollen making people sick on the ground. But others are convinced it is something else. And they ask: ‘Is the government experimenting with our weather?’” Cedar Glenn, California, resident Gretchen Sherman: “There is a huge dust cloud.” Paul Moyer: Long-time Cedar Glenn resident, Gretchen Sherman, says she has never seen anything like it. Paul Moyer: “How big was it?” Sherman: “Oh, it covered the entire Cedar Glen area.” Paul Moyer: A cloud of dust leaving a sticky yellow slime all over her car. It happened again last February (2006). And calls began pouring in to the local Alpenhorn newspaper. Alpenhorn News Publisher, Dennis Labadie: “And they had a tremendous upsurge of children that were not going to school at that point.” Paul Moyer: Pharmacist Ed Burrows says it is the most mysterious illness he’s seen in twenty-two years on the mountain. Ed Burrows: “A lot of eye infection problems, upper respiratory problems, nose bleeds.” Paul Moyer: The nearby March Air force Base says it didn’t come from them. Others said it was a pollen cloud. The Department of Health found a yellowish tint on a tissue submitted for testing. But (quote): "There was no sign of any biological form such as cedar pollen.” And the test was ruled inconclusive. And it wasn’t long before things ballooned into a sky-high mystery. Paul Moyer: The story is not just here in Crestline and the alleged yellow cloud. People say the government is up there in airplanes spraying all kinds of chemicals to change or manipulate the weather. Paul Moyer: Leaving what you see there. And they call that a chemtrail? “So when I look up there and what I think are contrails, you’re telling me are chemtrails.” Alpenhorn Newspaper Report, Laurie Kelly: “Yes. A contrail would be dissipated by now.” (The Alpenhorn Newspaper article is reprinted below-2006.) Paul Moyer: “It would?” Laurie Kelly: “Yes, It would.” Paul Moyer: Chemtrails. On the Internet they are cited as proof of the government creating clouds to combat global warming. In response the Air Force says that [quote]: “There is no such thing as a chemtrail. The actual contrails are a safe and natural phenomenon. And that people are seeing more contrails simply because there are more jets forming large clouds, depending on weather conditions, as in this video of alleged chemtrails shot near San Francisco.” Professor Gregory Benford of UC Irvine works with the Department of Energy (DOE) on weather research. Gregory Benford: After viewing a short film segment of the skies above San Francisco and Marin County Professor Benford stated: “I think these are contrails.” Another film segment brought the following statement: “That’s very odd. They could be very large contrails.” Paul Moyer: He says the DOE doesn’t know of any jets spraying chemicals to affect the weather. However, he says, we will probably see it in the near future. Gregory Benford: “You’ve got to, in a sense, engineer all these, so you get the right kind of clouds, with the effects we want.” Paul Moyer: It is called geoengineering. Fighting global warming by putting a chemical dust in the atmosphere and reflecting harmful radiation back into space. Gregory Benford: “You could use barium oxide, for example, which makes big fluffy clouds. You could use tiny little bits of aluminum, which is benign in the environment, and essentially manage the climate.” But Rosalind Peterson of California Skywatch (former California U.S.D.A., Certified Crop Loss Adjustor-More Information Website: californiaskywatch.com) says Health Department records show a sharp increase in both chemicals in the water supply of Northern California, dating from the time the huge contrails first appeared over her home in Mendocino County (California). Rosalind Peterson: “And what I found was unusual spiking (in California drinking water tests) since the early 1990s, and barium, aluminum…” Paul Moyer: “What’s the significance of the barium and the aluminum?” Rosalind Peterson: “I went and got all the tests (from the California State Department of Health, Drinking Water Division since 1984) and all these things in the same test would be up way over state and federal standards. This had to be airborne because how could it get into such diverse regions of our county (and State drinking water supplies)? Rosalind Peterson: “We have jets going in every direction: Xs, east-west, north-south, circles. There is something going on in the air. I don’t know exactly what but I think there is some experimentation.” Paul Moyer: “Is it legal?” Rosalind Peterson: “I don’t know because we haven’t had a public discussion.” Paul Moyer: But what is unknown today may be actual fact tomorrow thanks to a bill soon to be voted on in the U.S. Senate, a weather modification act calling for research in [quote] “...attempting to change or control by artificial methods the natural development of atmospheric cloud forms…” Paul Moyer: “Doesn’t it seem to you that they’re going to be doing it in future, for sure?” Rosalind Peterson: “Yes, and if they are, I want to know about it. Paul Moyer: In the meantime a lot of people are wondering if they’ll ever get clear skies and a clear answer. Paul Moyer: “The legislation is there. Therefore somebody is thinking about this. How does this make sense…?” Laurie Kelly: “I don’t know. Maybe they’re practicing.” Paul Moyer: “…over Cedar Glen, over Arrowhead?” Laurie Kelly: “Ah, I guess you have to try it out before you use it. I’m not sure.” Paul Moyer: “Well, you be the judge. We’ll keep you posted on anything further on this story. And there will be more, that’s for sure. More information on the weather modification proposals, check on our website: NBC4.tv.” END FOR NOW…