The Skeptics Society & Skeptic magazine

ALSO INSIDE SKEPTIC

in this issue

Chemtrails

• What are contrails?
• Why some contrails persist while others fade quickly
• The invention of “chemtrails”
• Why were people convinced?
• Chemtrail symptoms?
• What purpose do “chemtails” serve, according to believers?
• Further reading

By Daniel Loxton. This issue’s cover features a digital painting by Daniel Loxton.

from the Introduction

Hello!

We’ve all heard the story of Chicken Little—a fanciful tale about panic and jumping to conclusions (“The sky is falling!”). But how would it feel to truly believe that the sky is out to get you? For believers in one strange conspiracy theory, it’s scary to see a blue sky crossed by wispy white contrail lines from passing jet planes. They claim some of those contrails are not clouds or exhaust from jet engines as they appear, but sinister “chemtrails.” Supposedly, an evil government conspiracy uses jet planes to secretly spread poison across skies worldwide. Is there any possibility this paranoid claim could be true? Let’s find out!