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authorities intent on mapping bio-agent dis- Control in Atlanta is asking Americans to persal patterns. participate in a nationwide "flu"-tracking According to Dr Lyman Condie, chair of study by calling 1-800-I-Got-Flu. the Virtual Proving Ground at the US Applicants must qualify for the study by Army's Dugway biowarfare testing centre, exhibiting specific symptoms within a cer- computer-derived Atmospheric Dispersion _ tain time frame, and living within a 35-mile Models used to simulate the spread of _ radius of exposure. The study requires bioweapons in the open air must be validat- blood tests administered during five visits, ed by "field test data" involving Man in _ spread out over many more weeks than the Simulant Tests (MISTs). According to normal course of influenza. Dugway's website, testing on live human My investigation continues. oo subjects provides | a far more realistic and References believable simulation". + BBC (for 14 January 1999 news report): MIST is supposed to use properly garbed _http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/ and informed test subjects. But in 1950, a newsid_247000/247718.stm US Navy vessel released a supposedly scnironment News Service website: harmless bacterial agent upwind of San * USAF WX MOD: www.au.af.mil/au/2025/ Francisco. At least three people died. In ased 2 : Al he Author: 1966, the US Army released another bio- Wijliam Thomas is an independent, award- logical "marker" in the New York City sub- winning journalist and documentary producer, way system. As detailed in my book, specialising in environmental reporting. A Navy Scorched Earth, other open-air biowarfare Veteran, he is also a long-time peace and envi- ste sarri . . ronment activist. He lives in British Columbia, tests were carried out over Elgin Air Force Canada, Thomas co-founded and worked with Base in Florida. A 1997 biowarfare experi- the Gulf Environment Emergency Response Team ment in Maryland turned up symptoms _ which helped clean up Kuwait after the Persian similar to those suffered by so many Gulf War. He is the author of Scorched Earth: A icans today—includi . The Military’s Assault on the Environment and mericans today—inciuding severe Bringing the War Home, about the aftermath of headache and acute respiratory problems. chemical warfare in the Gulf War (reviewed in Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease | NEXUS 6/01 and 5/04). in unexpected deaths that a refrigerated semi-trailer capable of holding 36 bodies was pressed into service as a temporary morgue. In addition, on 11 August 1998, USA Today reported dozens of residents of Quirindi, NSW, Australia, "swearing they saw cobwebs fall from the sky" after unidentified aircraft passed overhead. References ~ BBC (for 14 January 1999 news report): http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/ newsid_247000/247718.stm + Environment News Service website: www.ens-news.com * USAF WX MOD: www.au.af.mil/au/2025/ BIO-AGENT DISPERSAL TRACKING As this issue goes to press, this author has learned that there may be a bacteriolog- ical component to the spray that is sicken- ing so many. An Unexplained Mysteries television special on the strange cobwebs, which was aired in late 1998, described "human white blood cells" present in the fallout. A fol- low-up TV report on William Wallace, aired by Seattle Channel 4 TV in February 1999, referred to researchers finding E-coli bacteria in the spray. While not lethal in themselves, these "markers" could be used to make popula- tions sick enough to seek medical atten- tion—allowing them to be tracked by About the Author: William Thomas is an independent, award- winning journalist and documentary producer, specialising in environmental reporting. A Navy veteran, he is also a long-time peace and envi- ronment activist. He lives in British Columbia, Canada. Thomas co-founded and worked with the Gulf Environment Emergency Response Team which helped clean up Kuwait after the Persian Gulf War. He is the author of Scorched Earth: The Military's Assault on the Environment and Bringing the War Home, about the aftermath of chemical warfare in the Gulf War (reviewed in NEXUS 6/01 and 5/04). 86 = NEXUS APRIL —- MAY 1999 Poison from the Sky: The ‘Chemtrails’ Crisis Continued from page 85