Погода массового поражения | страница 2

Противоречие — лишь в теории.

На практике, если люди поступают правильно, оно исчезает.

О том, как это получается — или не получается, — и рассказывает роман «Погода массового поражения».

Alaska's HAARP facility opens gates to community

by 1st Lt. Morgan J. O'Brien and 2nd Lt. J. Elaine Hunnicutt, AFRL Public Affairs

GAKONA, Alaska — Scientists and engineers of the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program near Gakona, Alaska, opened their doors to more than 100 guests for the seventh open house of the largest Department of Defense facility of its kind Sept. 28 and 29.

“On the street, off the Internet, and through our hotline, we get many inquiries about the activities we are involved in here,” said Ed Kennedy, the Navy's program manager for HAARP. “In our opinion, a hands-on open house is the best way to interact and tell people the story about HAARP.“

HAARP is a joint Air Force and Navy program. Its scientific research is coordinated with and largely conducted by academia.

Visitors were invited to tour the facility, take photographs and ask questions. The primary focus of this year’s open house was to explain the process for completing the facility. Currently, the facility is approximately one-fourth complete with 48 of 180 antennas in place and functional.

“The purpose of the open house is in line with the importance HAARP places on reaching the people of the surrounding area,” said Dr, Paul Kossey, the Air Force program manager for HAARP. “Through open houses and community outreach to the schools, we want the public to be familiar with the science of our site because it helps them understand what we do here and become more comfortable with the program.”

The facility studies the effects of naturally occurring anomalies in the Earth’s ionosphere that sometimes disrupt communication, navigational and power grid systems — such as region-wide electrical production networks.

“It is important that our work is not confined to the scientific community,” said Cornell University’s Dr. Elizabeth Gerken, a presenter at the open house who has given speeches to a Gakona-area high school.

The HAARP facility is comprised of a large radio frequency antenna array and diagnostic equipment designed to reproduce, characterize and understand natural phenomena similar to those that occur naturally in the ionosphere and space.