HAARP

Fact checks on HAARP in Alaska: what it is, how the HAARP system works, and claims about weather control and the HAARP project.

30 May 2025

No evidence Myanmar earthquake caused by HAARP research facility

The Alaska-based programme has frequently been the subject of unsubstantiated online claims linking it to various natural disasters.

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Damage in Mandalay, Myanmar caused by the earthquake earlier this year.
11 December 2024

‘Edward Snowden’ article on HAARP is satire

Claims that Mr Snowden has revealed the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program’s “sinister agenda” stem from a joke article published in 2013.

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4 November 2024

HAARP facility unrelated to floods in Spain

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska cannot control the weather and has nothing to do with recent flooding.

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18 October 2024

Unusual clouds are not evidence Hurricane Milton was caused by HAARP

A number of posts on social media have falsely claimed that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program caused Hurricane Milton in the US.

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15 October 2024

No, the Northern Lights aren’t caused by HAARP

The Northern Lights appeared in the UK again after a severe geomagnetic storm produced by the sun.

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11 October 2024

Video shows coral farm not HAARP research facility around Florida

Misleading posts have been circulating on social media linking Hurricane Milton with claims that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program is in the nearby ocean.

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20 May 2024

HAARP research facility was not behind recent UK Northern Lights sightings

A solar storm, not HAARP, created the intense auroral display seen in many parts of the world around 10 May.

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18 April 2023

The HAARP research facility didn’t produce peculiar clouds

The clouds pictured in a social media post have nothing to do with the Alaskan research facility that is essentially a large radio transmitter used to study the upper parts of the atmosphere.

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