Declassified CIA Files Reveal Cold War Weather Modification Programs

One viral post on X claimed, “The CIA has been poisoning the sky and controlling the weather since 1965!”

The documents do show that weather modification was a real area of government research.

An 18-page report discussed expanding investment into atmospheric experimentation and weather-related technologies as tensions with the Soviet Union escalated.

At the time, policymakers viewed scientific dominance in weather technology as a potential strategic advantage.

Former President Lyndon B. Johnson publicly referenced the concept years earlier.