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Where did this HAARP nonsense I keep hearing about come from? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by onlooker@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So, I heard several people now mention HAARP as the cause for all the natural disasters that have been happening lately. And here I thought the cause was rampant pollution and global warming!

But seriously, I'm looking at the HAARP page on wikipedia and it seems to be an array for studying the ionosphere? How in the hell do you go from "we're using this to see what's happening way up there in the sky" to "this causes tornadoes"? Who even started this garbage?

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[–] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 71 points 1 year ago (3 children)

HAARP is an old school conspiracy theory. I haven't heard someone bring this one up in years. It's your classic government control the weather theory.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Back in the days we all laughed about it.

Then it turns out, governments do control the weather! Through deforestation and shit.

[–] ours@lemmy.film 21 points 1 year ago

Old enough to have an X-Files episode. Remember when wacky conspiracies where good old fun?

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I had no idea this was old school. I thought this was a recent thing. Though, the book in @Strangle@lemmy.world's comment was published in 1995, so I guess I just hadn't noticed until now.

[–] jcit878@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

muse had an album of its name in the early/mid 2000s too