Fact checks on HAARP in Alaska: what it is, how the HAARP system works, and claims about weather control and the HAARP project.
World
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) cannot control the weather and had nothing to do with the massive flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border. Read
Environment
We’ve seen false claims circulating online that the research project HAARP is behind the recent heatwaves in the UK and Europe. Read
Environment
Social media posts claim the earthquakes in Venezuela were engineered by HAARP, a research experiment often subject to misinformation. But experts say HAARP cannot create such natural disasters. Read
Environment
The Northern Lights seen across much of the UK this week were caused by a severe geomagnetic storm produced by the sun, not, as some claimed online, by the HAARP research facility in Alaska. Read
Environment
Social media posts claiming that Hurricane Melissa was created as a result of the HAARP scientific programme are completely false. Read
World
The Alaska-based programme has frequently been the subject of unsubstantiated online claims linking it to various natural disasters. Read
Environment
Claims that Mr Snowden has revealed the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program’s “sinister agenda” stem from a joke article published in 2013. Read
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska cannot control the weather and has nothing to do with recent flooding. Read
Environment
A number of posts on social media have falsely claimed that the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program caused Hurricane Milton in the US. Read
The Northern Lights appeared in the UK again after a severe geomagnetic storm produced by the sun. Read
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