When specifically did people start demonising HAARP?

[Welshidiot]

When specifically did people start demonising HAARP?

It's a simple question that I hope will lead to some seriously brutal debunking.

So does anyone have a clue?

 

[kenandkids]

When specifically did people start demonising HAARP?

Immediately after it started, like every other group and program... :lol:

 

[Memeticemetic]

In my case, the answer to the question of whether or not I have a clue is generally a firm, resounding, "No".

Doubly so in this particular instance. I don't even know what HAARP is supposed to stand for or if it's an actual, ya know, thing. And I just can't be bothered researching what the paranoid conspiracy nuts are on about. But if you wanna do the leg work, I'm down for the lulz.

 

[RigelKentaurusA]

I don't even know what HAARP is supposed to stand for or if it's an actual, ya know, thing.

High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. It's about as mischievous as a radio communications research station looking into using the ionosphere to enhance communications and surveillance.

Behold: It causes tsunamis... :lol: :roll:

 

[Welshidiot]

Thank you all for your "helpful" responses. :lol:

Srsly, could somebody please help me pinpoint the time period when HAARP became the new bugbear of woo-woos?

I read in one article that the writers of The X-Files used HAARP in one of their conspiracy plot-lines, but I want to find out if the paranoia pre-dates that instance.

 

[kenandkids]

Thank you all for your "helpful" responses. :lol:

Srsly, could somebody please help me pinpoint the time period when HAARP became the new bugbear of woo-woos?

I read in one article that the writers of The X-Files used HAARP in one of their conspiracy plot-lines, but I want to find out if the paranoia pre-dates that instance.

Okay, seriously. It began as soon as the concept was released publicly. The woo-woo peddlers nearly wet themselves in fear... or joy, I still haven't figured out which. Because the public realm is inundated with conspiracies of Bond-style arch enemies and their world domination/destruction machines, this was viewed as something similar. Much like the super collider that was supposed to end the world, this is supposed to be a super-weapon.

 

[Deleted member 499]

As soon as it was announced. It's a large site which is fairly isolated so it's naturally going to be a target of paranoid delusional fools. It also appears to apparently have some financial backing from the US military and/or defence contractors so in the minds of the aforementioned fools this automatically means it's some kind of doomsday weapon.

Now, the brutal debunking potential is all very well and good but I've yet to come across anyone who's willing to explain precisely how this thing is even supposed to work. The nearest I can find is some bollocks about ionospheric bulging and people warbling on about Tesla.

 

[Deleted member 1004]

Source Wiki:

According to HAARP's management, the project strives for openness and all activities are logged and publicly available. Scientists without security clearances, even foreign nationals, are routinely allowed on site. The HAARP facility regularly (once a year on most years according to the HAARP home page) hosts open houses, during which time any civilian may tour the entire facility. In addition, scientific results obtained with HAARP are routinely published in major research journals (such as Geophysical Research Letters, or Journal of Geophysical Research), written both by university scientists (American and foreign) or by US Department of Defense research lab scientists. Each summer, the HAARP holds a summer-school for visiting students, including foreign nationals, giving them an opportunity to do research with one of the world's foremost research instruments.

See it's this that really bugs me about how CT-ers can stand beside such attrotious fairy tales, when they can go to the site and see it in full. I suppose it's the old tale of stubborness as seen with Obama's birth certificate, or faux marketing with the likes of Power Balance wrist bands. People will still insist that they are correct after being proven wrong even in the face of, and in some cases, mountains of evidence.