HAARP tech used in Türkiye’s Feb. 6 earthquake, suggest US scientists in open letter

Three scientists from the U.S. wrote an open letter addressing the International Criminal Court (ICC) in which they raised allegations that the catastrophic earthquake that struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria on Feb. 6, 2023, was deliberately triggered using advanced military technology, a.k.a. HAARP, constituting both war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The letter, dated to March 2023 and making its way in Turkish news, was published in Advances in Social Science Research Journal by Dr. Mark Whiteside, a medical doctor; J. Marvin Herndon, a researcher in physics and nuclear chemistry; and Ian Baldwin, a member of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, argues that the event was no natural disaster but the result of intentional interference with seismic processes, possibly through military-grade geophysical weapons.

Geophysical warfare and military technology

The concept of triggering natural disasters for military purposes was first introduced in 1968 by researcher MacDonald, who theorized that military powers might develop technology capable of deliberately triggering environmental disasters, including earthquakes.

In 1997, U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen publicly confirmed that such technology was a reality, stating that some nations were experimenting with methods to remotely trigger earthquakes and other environmental disturbances using electromagnetic waves.

Further evidence supporting the allegations comes from the Russian State Duma, which, in 2002, warned the United Nations about the U.S. and its experiments with a new form of geophysical weapon referred to as the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP). These concerns were further highlighted in 2011 when a U.S. government email to Hillary Clinton from outgoing U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan suggested that a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, had been deliberately triggered.

HAARP and other ionospheric heaters

The authors of the letter point to HAARP and similar ionospheric heating facilities in Norway as the potential sources of the earthquake. These facilities are capable of generating electromagnetic radiation that can travel thousands of kilometers and may influence tectonic instability at specific fault lines. Evidence suggests that such radiation, emitted in ultra-low, extremely low, and very low frequencies, could resonate with stressed fault lines, triggering an earthquake.

The HAARP facility, located in Alaska, is one of the most well-known installations. With a power capacity of 3.6 megawatts (MW), it has been cited in numerous scientific studies for its potential to trigger earthquakes. The Tromso facility in Norway, also capable of producing high-power electromagnetic waves, is another key player in the development of such technology.

Circumstantial evidence and disinformation

The letter cites several pieces of circumstantial evidence suggesting that the Feb. 6, 2023 earthquake may have been deliberately triggered. Just days before the earthquake, multiple Western countries, including the United States and Germany, closed their consulates in Istanbul, citing security threats but providing no explanation despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye requesting information. This unprecedented diplomatic move raised suspicions about the foreknowledge of an impending disaster.

Furthermore, a Romanian senator, Diana Ivanovici Sosoaca, publicly accused the U.S. of causing the earthquake in a speech made shortly after the event. She pointed to the unusual diplomatic maneuvers and raised concerns about the shutdown of Turkish oil and gas pipelines just minutes before the earthquake was detected by seismographs.

The authors also criticize the swift spread of disinformation after the earthquake, noting how certain figures sought to downplay the scientific evidence of human involvement in the disaster. Among them was Mick West, known for promoting misleading information about HAARP and other covert operations.

Call for investigation

In light of these serious allegations, the authors of the letter are calling for a full investigation by the International Criminal Court into the possibility that the Feb. 6 earthquake was a deliberate act of geophysical warfare. They argue that the scale of the disaster, the loss of life, and the potential use of military technology to trigger the earthquake warrant a thorough and transparent investigation.

This open letter has sparked debates within the scientific community and the public, raising awareness about the possible use of weather and geophysical weapons in modern warfare.