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Haarp Media 2023

This document summarizes information about the HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) facility. It addresses three frequently asked questions: 1) Why is ionosphere research important? It helps study space weather that can impact technology and life on Earth. 2) Can HAARP control the weather using radio waves? No, the frequencies and interactions do not allow for weather control. 3) Is there any connection between HAARP's work and natural disasters? No, HAARP operates infrequently and could not influence surface weather or cause natural disasters.

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Haarp Media 2023

This document summarizes information about the HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) facility. It addresses three frequently asked questions: 1) Why is ionosphere research important? It helps study space weather that can impact technology and life on Earth. 2) Can HAARP control the weather using radio waves? No, the frequencies and interactions do not allow for weather control. 3) Is there any connection between HAARP's work and natural disasters? No, HAARP operates infrequently and could not influence surface weather or cause natural disasters.

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HAARP Program Office

University of Alaska Fairbanks


Geophysical Institute
2156 Koyukuk Drive
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
UAF-GI-HAARP@alaska.edu
https://haarp.gi.alaska.edu/
Phone | 907-474-1100
www.facebook.com/pg/UAFHAARP
Twitter | @UAFHAARP

HAARP frequently asked questions (FAQ) are available here. In addition:

Q1: Why is ionosphere research important to the world?

NASA has an outstanding webpage linked here that provides both visual and textual description of the ionosphere,
and it’s importance. In addition:

• Extreme space weather can have numerous impacts on modern technology and daily life here on Earth. This
includes interference with GPS satellites, electronics on spacecraft and radio communications, particularly in
the polar region.
• Severe space weather can also interfere with power grids, induce corrosion-causing electrical currents in oil
and gas pipelines and pose health risks for astronauts.
• Space weather is difficult to study because many complicated interactions take place. The sun, the solar wind,
Earth’s magnetic field, and Earth’s atmosphere all interact with one another in extremely intricate ways.
• Research conducted at HAARP helps fill in gaps in our knowledge of near-Earth space. This allows scientists to
make better space weather predictions, which can help mitigate the effects of severe space weather.
• New research at HAARP may also improve systems to help satellites avoid collisions and advance remote
sensing technologies for near-Earth asteroid detection.
• In addition to scientific applications, HAARP has also been used for creative and artistic purposes. On several
occasions, HAARP has supported the creation of “transmission artwork”, in which radio transmissions are used
as a medium for artistic projects.

Q2. Social media posts claim that HAARP controls the weather by using radio waves. Is this possible?

Response taken directly from the HAARP FAQ page, re-printed below.

Radio waves in the frequency ranges that HAARP transmits are not absorbed in either the troposphere or the
stratosphere—the two levels of the atmosphere that produce Earth’s weather. Since there is no interaction, there
is no way to control the weather. The HAARP array (called the Ionospheric Research Instrument) is basically a large
radio transmitter. Radio waves interact with electrical charges and currents, and do not significantly interact with
the troposphere. Further, if the ionospheric storms caused by the sun itself don’t affect the surface weather, there
is no chance that HAARP can either. Electromagnetic interactions only occur in the near vacuum of the rarefied,
but electrically charged region of the atmosphere above about 60-80 km (a little over 45 miles), known as the
ionosphere. The ionosphere is created and continuously replenished as the sun’s radiation interacts with the
highest levels of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Q3. Is there any connection between the work HAARP is doing and natural disasters ?

No, see above answer. There is only one HAARP site (in Gakona, Alaska), and it operates approximately 2-4 times a
year. University of Alaska Fairbanks research campaigns run similar to the Department of Defense model, where
groups of scientists collaborate to conduct interactive ionospheric research. A typical research period may last one
to two weeks and up to four such campaigns may occur each year. The HAARP program also provides dates and
times of research campaigns available here.

UAF is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.

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