If you’ve ever looked up into the sky and saw a plane overhead leaving a trail of smoke, then you know what a contrail is. “Contrail” is short for condensation trail, which is the term given to the frozen water vapor that comes off of airplanes at high altitudes and forms into ice crystals that we all see as clouds or “smoke.” But there are some conspiracy theorists out there who think that these are chemical trails, or “chemtrails,” spewed out by the government for a variety of dastardly reasons. Fox 12 Idaho has the story:
Treasure Valley, Idaho — Weather modification. Russian defense. Asian mafia. Those are just some of the many theories behind why some say “chemtrails” are real.
They claim some planes are spraying chemicals in the air that then fall to the ground, hurting our environment, our crops, and our health. Others say no, they don’t exist.
Some Treasure Valley residents say we need to look up, and keep a closer eye on what we’re seeing in the skies. A local man known as “Mr. Smith” says normal condensation trails are ice crystals that come of jet aircraft engines, and only last in the sky for 16 seconds or so. Meanwhile, chemtrails don’t dissipate quickly, and end up spreading out in the sky, and Smith is worried about potential health effects.
“It’s a composition between barium salt and aluminum and also polymer fibers. These chemicals, they’re being sprayed on us every other day and we’re breathing them in,” said Smith.
Another big question is if chemtrails exist, why? Some point to weather modification or communication systems, while others say more sinister acts could be at work.
“They also use it for defense. I don’t want to get too deep into that. I’ll leave it up to the viewer to kinda look into that themselves,” said Smith.
Smith is not alone in his concerns. The Internet is filled with thousands, if not millions, of articles, websites, blogs and videos on chemtrails. Smith says one person in particular adds credibility to the issue.
“If you google A.C. Griffith, he’s a former N.S.A. employee, had C.I.A. top clearance, and he was one of the few people who made it inside this program to live and talk about it,” said Smith.
FOX 12 checked in with the Idaho Division of Air Quality and officials told us their monitors measure what’s in the air at low levels, not high altitudes. But even if what’s up there made it down here, the agency says it doesn’t have the technology to pinpoint just where it all came from. So the particulates could come from cars, or factories, or any source. Air quality leaders add there are traces of metal in the air, but that’s common in cities of industry, and levels here are not alarming.
Smith’s reaction?
“It’s baloney. I mean clearly we never have experienced this. People know, the ones who pay attention know.”
According to him, chemtrails last longer in the sky, spread out, and block the sun.
“I’m just angered. I wanna be able to look up and see the blue sky, and enjoy the sunshine on my face,” said Smith.
So my first question here is why should we trust a guy who won’t identify himself? Mr. Smith indeed. Secondly, how does he know the exact composition of these supposed chemtrails? Does he have the time, money, equipment and other resources to test the chemical composition of the air, and also determine exactly where those chemical elements came from? I somehow doubt it. And seriously, is this guys seeing so many contrails that it’s blocking out the sun for him? And I took the liberty of googling (funny how that is a verb now) this A.C. Griffith, and his background is shady at best. Like most conspiracies, this one doesn’t have much of a leg to stand on.
The photos in this post were taken by me, last night, as I watched the sunset. Amazingly, the awesome sight of the sunset was not blotted out by the contrail.
