Earth
Island Journal, Fall 94: ARCO, Eastlund and the Roots of
HAARP -- by Gary Smith:
All atomic and electronic technologies -- from household
appliances to nuclear weapons -- radiate energetic particles.
While the immediate impacts of human-caused electromagnetic
pollution are generally imperceptible, the long-term consequences
for the biosphere can be profound.
In 1988, OMNI magazine raised concerns about the environmental
consequences of a bizarre electromagnetic invention. According
to OMNI, ARCO, the US oil giant, found itself wondering
what to do with the estimated 30 trillion cubic feet of
natural gas that it hoped to extract from Alaska's North
Slope. While this was enough energy to supply the US for
a year, the gas fields were too far from any potential customers.
ARCO concluded that it would be too expensive to liquefy
the gas and ship it thousands of miles to urban centers.
What was needed was a client that wanted access to vast
amounts of energy on-site -- in the wilds of Alaska.
Bernard Eastland, an MIT and Columbia University physicist
with eight years experience with the Atomic Energy Commission,
came to the rescue with an extraordinary plan to use the
energy "at the point of production."
Eastland, who soon became president of ARCO's Production
Technologies International Company in Houston, proposed
burning the vast Alaskan gas fields to power a huge electric
generator. The resulting power would be directed into a
huge antenna complex, 40 miles on a side. The antennae would
be used to focus an intense beam of electromagnetic energy
into the upper atmosphere where it would collide with the
ionosphere to create a phenomenon called the "mirror
force." Eastland was granted a US Patent (# 4,686,605)
for this invention on August 11, 1987.
"You can virtually lift part of the upper atmosphere,"
Eastland told OMNI, "You can make it move, do things
to it." One of the tricks Eastland envisioned involved
'surgically' distorting the ionosphere to disrupt global
communications. Pushing the upper atmosphere around might
also generate high-altitude 'drag' that could heat and deflect
enemy missiles or surround them with "high-energy electrons"
that might cause the missiles to detonate in mid-trajectory.
The proposal appealed to the Pentagon, which invested several
hundred thousand dollars 'evaluating' Eastland's work. Eastland
maintained that there were 'peaceful' uses for his technology.
In one scenario, he explained how beams of electromagnetic
power could lift portions of the upper atmosphere and redirect
the jet stream to alter global weather patterns. Using "plumes
of atmospheric particles to act as a lens or focusing device,"
Eastland proposed redirecting sunlight and heat to different
parts of the Earth's surface, making it possible to manipulate
wind patterns, cause rainstorms in Ethiopia, drive hurricanes
out of the Caribbean, incinerate airborne industrial pollution
and sew up the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer.
"Because the upper atmosphere is extremely sensitive
to small changes in its composition," OMNI cautioned,
"merely TESTING an Eastland Device could cause irreversible
damage." And also we have the following article, titled
"DOOMSDAY DEATH RAY". Subtitle: "Is the U.S.
Government Testing a Secret Mega-Weapon?" -- by "Agent
X"., The Nose Magazine, issue #26 [March 1995]. We
have to ask ourselves, just WHO will have control of this
'weapon', especially if ARCO is deeply involved with the
HAARP project?
Beginning some ways into the article: In marked contrast
to other advanced weapons-related programs, HAARP is not
part of the officially denied 'Blackworld' budget. Rather,
the military insists that HAARP is a strictly scientific
program to study the aurora borealis [or Northern Lights],
when in fact it is a device intended to seriously tweak
the ionosphere for purposes that are less than benign.
BUILT by ARCO Power Technologies, HAARP is due to begin
initial testing as this story goes to press. During 1996,
a planned $75 million increase to the already multi megabuck
project will increase the output of the system to over 1.7
gigawatts, making HAARP the most powerful emitter in the
world. Several smaller sites exist around the world, most
notably in Russia. Though these installations cannot match
the ionosphere heating capabilities of HAARP, some experts
in the field who wish not to be quoted suggest that some
aberrant weather conditions MAY HAVE been caused by their
operation. The weapon-development whiz kids have been interested
in this sort of gizmo for quite some time. Just what in
hell does the military want with the world's largest weenie
roaster? Here are some possible applications I've discovered:
EARTH-PENETRATING TOPOGRAPHY:
Sort of a CAT scan for the planet. By heating the ionosphere
to create a resonant mirror, electronic-beam steering directs
an energy stream to specific coordinates on the planet.
This energy penetrates the ground to a depth of a kilometer
or more, and the signal return is received by satellite
or aircraft. After computer processing, A RELATIVELY CLEAR
PICTURE OF WHAT IS UNDERGROUND emerges. Damn handy when
trying to figure out where those wily North Koreans hide
their nukes -- or where YOU keep your stash.
HARD-KILL WEAPON SYSTEM:
The output of HAARP would have to be boosted a thousand-fold,
but if that is accomplished, a shell of high-speed electrons
can be constructed that encompasses the earth. Any ballistic
missile or warhead passing through the shell would explode.
SOFT-KILL WEAPON SYSTEM:
By directing enormous amounts of radio-frequency energy
at a specific area, HAARP could overload electrical power
distribution grids, fry sensitive microelectronics, detonate
weapons that use electronic fuses, scramble missile guidance
systems and probably upset brain chemistry.
WEATHER MODIFICATION:
Heating the upper atmosphere over specific areas could
change weather patterns, creating torrential floods, destroying
an enemy's infrastructure or denying an enemy's harvest
by drought... Weather as a weapon.
IDENTIFICATION OF SATELLITES:
By illuminating orbiting spacecraft with HAARP, the constituent
materials and the mission of a satellite can be assessed.
COMMUNICATIONS:
Possible uses include satellite jamming, satellite communications
with submarines and detection of stealth aircraft. Physicist
Bernard Eastlund, president of Production Technologies Company
AND FORMER 'ARCO' BIGWIG, was granted three patents over
the past seven years for a system that looks suspiciously
like HAARP - though much larger. His plan, using a transmitter
encompassing 160 square miles and powered by massive amounts
of electricity generated using vast Alaskan natural gas
reserves [to which ARCO has access], was to shoot down missiles
and alter the weather. ARCO initially owned Eastlund's patents,
but was soon paid a visit by Edward Teller (the "father
of the H-Bomb", Nevada Test Site coordinator for the
"Star Wars" or SDI defense program, and major
MJ-12 member. - Branton.), and development grew secretive.
Eastlund declined further involvement, and the patents were
quietly sold in June 1994 to E-Systems, a high-tech corporation
famous for ultra-secret defense projects such as the president's
customized Boeing 747 doomsday plane.
"HAARP is the perfect first step towards a plan like
mine," Eastlund says. "Advances in phased-array
transmitter technology and power generation can produce
the field strength required. The government will say it
isn't so, but if it quacks like a duck and it looks like
a duck, there's a good chance it is duck." "Eastlund
is nuts," says an Air Force official speaking on condition
of anonymity. "HAARP is much smaller and less powerful
than his instrument. We are not doing anything except good
science and pure research. "The real beauty of HAARP,"
he then adds cryptically, "is that nothing you can
see on the outside is sensitive. The secret is the beam
steering agility and pulsing of the transmissions... When
covert operations occur, the science team, the operating
funds and the mission will be black."
Whatever is going on, Alaskans are mad as hell. The federal
government enjoys a long tradition of screwing over the
inhabitants of the Last Frontier. Generally speaking, the
feds are as welcome as a case of herpes. And studies done
by the EPA, the Swedish government and others indicate that
HAARP could interfere with communications, navigation systems,
wildlife migration and possibly human health.
"There has never been a transmitter of this power
in this frequency," Eastlund says. "It would be
wise to assess its impact." Though there are many questions,
the military insists that all is well and there is nothing
to worry about. "We are not doing anything to the ionosphere
-- we are just looking at it," insists Air Force Phillips
Laboratory spokesman Roy Heitman. Although an ad-hoc grassroots
organization called NO HAARP is trying to stop the project,
founder Clare Zickuhr admits, "It's all a whitewash,
[HAARP] is going to happen." An ARCO retiree, Zickuhr
is convinced HAARP is a secret weapons project. "It
has all the appearances of a secret program. This is not
good science -- they have no idea what this thing could
do to the ionosphere. To put this in the hands of the military
scares the hell out of me." (Remember however that,
although this particular ex-ARCO employee - Zickuhr -- is
against the project, the HAARP facility in Alaska was never-the-less
CONSTRUCTED by ARCO POWER TECHNOLOGIES. So Zickuhr's views
apparently do not reflect the views of ARCO in general in
regards to the project. - Branton) And if you're not yet
convinced that ARCO -- The ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY --
is a front for the fascist "Nazifeller" New World
Order infiltration of, if not invasion of, North America,
then try this one on for size:
ARCO-ALYESKA, WACKINHUT, ILLEGAL SPYING, ORGANIZED CRIME...
("Oh what a tangled web we weave...")
STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE GEORGE MILLER CHAIRMAN, HOUSE
INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT HEARINGS
ON ALYESKA COVERT OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 4, 1991 (A few excerpts
from this lengthy hearing appear below - Branton)
"This is the first of two days of hearings before
the House Interior Committee on the subject of covert surveillance
authorized by the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company and conducted
by The WACKENHUT Corporation.
"On August 7 of this year, the Committee on Interior
and Insular Affairs filed a written request for documents
from Wackenhut and Alyeska in connection with allegations
that the Wackenhut Corporation conducted undercover surveillance
of Charles Hamel on behalf of Alyeska and its OWNER companies.
In letters to both Wackenhut and Alyeska, I expressed concern
that the surveillance of Mr. Hamel was for the purpose of
obtaining information on and/or interfering with Mr. Hamel's
communications with this Committee. "Charles Hamel
has been a source of information for Congress, state and
federal regulatory agencies, and the media, concerning environmental,
health and safety VIOLATIONS by Alyeska and its oil company
owners (that is, ARCO or Atlantic Richfield. - Branton).
Mr. Hamel has served as a conduit for whistleblowers, including
Alyeska employees, to make public information on oil industry
practices. At the same time, Mr. Hamel has at least two
significant business disputes with ALYESKA and EXXON...
"In the next two days, we will explore the issue of
whether Alyeska's use of a 'bogus' environmental group formed
by Wackenhut spies was an effort to disrupt and compromise
a source of information for this Committee's continuing
investigation of oil industry practices in Alaska... "In
my view, it is important to find out why some of the largest
and most powerful corporations in this country would resort
to such elaborate 'sting' tactics to INVADE and DESTROY
the privacy of Mr. Hamel, federal and state officials, environmentalists
and ordinary citizens... "We believe that the testimony
and the evidence presented in these hearings during the
next two days will show that the covert surveillance operation
involved the much more sinister and disturbing motives of
SILENCING environmental critics and intimidating whistleblowers.
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