Side Bar 1B:

FINDING OUT ABOUT CONTRAILS

As the article states, there are several websites dedicated to providing information, theories, geographical locations, and photographs concerning contrails. One such website provided the Asheville Tribune with its user log ("Cookies"). During the course of only four days these are some of the parties that were recorded signing onto this particular contrails website:

-NASA, Goddard Flight Center
-Defense Systems Information Agency
-Federal Emergency Management Agency
-Kelly Air Force Base, Texas (7 visits)
-McClellan Air Force Base, Sacramento (maintains KC-135 tanker fleet)
-US Navy, Chief of Naval Education and Training
-US Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command
-Department of Justice
-Department of Housing and Urban Development (8 visits)
-Environmental Protection Agency (Pennyslvania)
-US Department of Agriculture (2 visits)
-US Veterans Administration (4 visits)
-Univ. of Pennyslvania Cardiology Dept.
-Virginia Beach General Hospital
-Martin County, Florida Board of County Commissioners
-Eaton, Inc. high-tech company that makes everything from
environmental testing to electro-magnetic laboratories.
-Visioneering Research, Inc. - their website says they "deliver image-based solutions in nuclear safeguards, DNA sequencing, artifact classification, aerial monitoring, and space-debris detection."
-Monsanto, Inc. - involved in health/pharmaceuticals
-Roche, Inc. - involved in pharmaceuticals, DuPont Pharmaceuticals
-Medtronic, Inc. - medical and health, T.R.W. - 4 visits (defense contractor)
-Boeing Aerospace (12 visits), Rockwell Collins Aerospace
-Allegheny Teledyne - aerospace and defense
-Lockheed Martin Aerospace(4 visits)
-Honeywell Aviation division, (2 visits)
-Sundstrand Aerospace (3 visits)
-Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory (5 visits) Heavily into environmental technology, working with Lockheed. They make "ionmeters" for the detection of chemical and biological agents among other things.

"Some pretty heavy hitters there, as you can see. They have shown repeated interest in this subject. I would think people like that have better things to do than follow silly conspiracy theories -- which tells me this is VERY real to somebody," said the sites designer.