SIGHTINGS


 
More Mystery Contrails
In Arkansas?
From Wade Ledbetter <SERPENT3@prodigy.net>
2-27-99
 
I first noticed these contrails on the 12th and 13th of January. On the 19th and 20th, there was heavy spraying. On the 21st, Arkansas had the worst outbreak of tornadoes on record...killing many people. The spraying has continued. I spent eight years in the military and was around many different kinds of aircraft and I have never seen anything that left contrails such as those in these photos.
 
I am now a Private Investigator and thought I had seen it 'all' in my years as a PI. Since January 21, 1999, I have kept my eyes to the sky and have questioned many former Navy pilots and Navigators. I also interviewed a retired Air Force jet engine mechanic who was part of many experimental projects. He witnessed some of these contrails during an interview and stated he had never seen anything like that before.
 
Everyone I have interviewed is, or has been, in military aviation and has never seen such activity. Or will not comment (?).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commentary

As a resident of central Arkansas, I can attest to several facts:
 
1. Contrails do seem to be lingering and much larger than normal lately.
 
2. My wife encountered "angel-hair" (often seen in conjuction with contrails) roughly 4 months ago floating across the parking lot where she worked. This was before the contrails story first broke. Otherwise, she probably would have chased after the whispy stuff and tried to captured some of it. But then again, following the story now, it's probably a good thing she DIDN'T!
 
3. My family has been ill for well over FOUR months now with an inexplicable upper respiratory grunge worse than anything I've ever encountered. Being a smoker prone to bronchitis, I know the ins and outs of a typical bronchial season, sinusitis, or yearly "odd" flu strain. This is entirely different. Our energy is sapped despite all attempts at vitamin and nutrition therapy to fight off what appears to act like a very severe upper respiratory infection. Only here's the kicker... one day it's not there at all. And the next day, it's so bad you think about taking a trip to the emergency room. That is NOT typical bronchitis, flu, or sinusitis with post-nasal effects. Medication has little or no effect on it.
 
Online, it seems the majority of people I run into, either in chat or email, are experiencing this same bizarre upper respiratory condition. I don't know what the contrails are, of course; or if they are directly related to this illness. But at the very least, it seems a massive coincidence that people are ill across the nation...all suffering similar symptoms. Hospitals are jammed and elderly people are dying from rapid onset pneumonia like never before. Meanwhile, much of the nation is now looking to the skies...curious about those strange crossing patterns and multiple lines of lingering contrails which often spread out into long-lasting, thick haze...
 
Jack





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