![]() ![]() Its stated purpose was to determine the effectiveness of weather modification procedures and the extent to which the government should engage in such activities. In August of 1953 the United States formed the President’s Advisory Committee on Weather Control. And, as Cold War tensions heightened, weather control was seen by the United States as a potential weapon that could be even more devastating than nuclear warfare. I shouted to Curt to swing around, and as we did so we passed through a mass of glistening snow crystals! Needless to say, we were quite excited.” They had created the world’s first human-made snowstorm.Īfter the experiments of G.E.’s Research Laboratory, there was a feeling that humanity might finally be able to control one of the greatest variables of life on earth. Schaefer noted, “I looked toward the rear and was thrilled to see long streamers of snow falling from the base of the cloud through which we had just passed. Schaefer, released three pounds of dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide) into the clouds. On Novempilot Curtis Talbot, working for the General Electric Research Laboratory, climbed to an altitude of 14,000 feet about 30 miles east of Schenectady, New York.
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