HAARP (the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) created Hurricane Melissa.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, we’ve seen social media posts claiming it was actually caused by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) research facility in Alaska.
This is completely false. As we have explained before, the equipment used by HAARP is incapable of creating a hurricane, and no technology exists that could generate hurricanes like Melissa.
The posts, shared on Facebook and X, appear to use real footage of Hurricane Melissa, but variously claim that the storm was a result of “HAARP weather modification” or “generated by the HAARP weather modification weapon”.
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The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program is a high-frequency transmitter which is used to study the ionosphere and the thermosphere, which are layers of the Earth’s atmosphere from around 37 miles in altitude.
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