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First Artificial Aurora May Lead to Night Sky Ads

Posted by samzenpus on from the everything-is-for-sale dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LiveScience is reporting that the military's HAARP project has had its first success generating artificial light displays in the ionosphere. They created little green speckles of manmade aurora within an existing auroral display. The work is designed primarily to 'enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and defense purposes.' Next up: sky-high neon advertisements."

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  1. HAARP is a weapon? by xasper8 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am not proclaiming to be an expert on this subject... in fact I am far from it.
    But if I remember correctly I believe that I read some articles about the true purpose of HAARP was conceived as a weather control device to be used in a military fashion. Can anyone correct me on this info?
    Here is an interesting link - (which may or may not support my post...
    http://www.earthpulse.com/haarp/

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  2. Re:Doing this since the 50s by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's frankly staggering how many tests were done. Heaven forbid anyone else would develop nuclear devices and behave anywhere near as recklessly.
    http://www.aracnet.com/~pdxavets/films1.htm
    Several pictures of Starfish-Prime about half way down.
    http://www.radiochemistry.org/history/nuke_tests/d ominic/index.html
    http://www.radiochemistry.org/history/nuke_tests/d ominic/Dstarfish2s.jpg
    http://www.radiochemistry.org/history/nuke_tests/i ndex.shtml