The high frequency active auroral research program

HAARP is now open, but the transmitters have been cool since spring of With the transfer from the military to the university, Bristow and McCoy are now looking for customers — scientists funded to travel to central Alaska on two-week campaigns in which they fire the transmitters for 10 hours each day. There are no customers yet. Bristow said the worst-case scenario is that few or no researchers step forward and they are forced to sell HAARP instruments to recover the loan cost. The antennas of the upper-atmosphere research station near Gakona now owned by the University of Alaska.

UAF photo by Todd Paris. Recent Posts. Midwinter rain-on-snow a game changer. Plastic in the rain of Southeast Alaska. The Ionospheric Research Instrument, a high power transmitter facility operating in the High Frequency range. The IRI can be used to temporarily excite a limited area of the ionosphere for scientific study. A sophisticated suite of scientific or diagnostic instruments that can be used to observe the physical processes that occur in the excited region. Observation of the processes resulting from the use of the IRI in a controlled manner will allow scientists to better understand processes that occur continuously under the natural stimulation of the sun.

These theories have yet to subside, even though very little has been going on at HAARP over the past year. In May , the site shut down during a change in operations contractors. Original article on LiveScience. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. NBC News Logo. Covid Politics U. News World Opinion Business. Share this —.