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Project Cirrus was the first attempt to modify a hurricane. ... 1947 on Hurricane Cape Sable that was heading west to east and out to sea. ... (PDF). Monthly Weather ...
History of Project Cirrus (Technical report). General Electric Research Laboratory Report. Schenectady, New York: Research Publication Services. RL-756, Class One – via Internet Archive. Grady Norton (October 31, 1947). "Forecaster's Report of Hurricanes of October, 1947" (PDF). Letter to Chief, U.S. Weather Bureau. pp. 7– 11
Project Cirrus was an attempt by General Electric to modify the weather which ran from 1947-1952. During that time, under the supervision of the United States Air Force, attempts were made to create snowstorms and seed hurricanes by using silver iodide. While General Electric reported positive results, they also acknowledged that their ...
The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 16, 1947. [1] However, tropical cyclogenesis began with the development of a tropical depression on June 13. [2] There was a total of seven tropical storms, five of them strengthened into hurricanes, while two of those became major hurricanes – Category 3 or higher on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale. [3]
Vincent Joseph Schaefer (July 4, 1906 – July 25, 1993) was an American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding.On November 13, 1946, while a researcher at the General Electric Research Laboratory, Schaefer modified clouds in the Berkshire Mountains by seeding them with dry ice.
In 1947, Project Cirrus attempted to use the method of cloud seeding in a hurricane. Approximately 180 pounds (82 kg) of crushed dry ice were seeded into the 1947 hurricane. [24] The system was successfully seeded; however, soon after the seeding, the hurricane changed course and traced toward Charleston, South Carolina. Following the seeding ...
A balloon that Moore helped launch in New Mexico on June 4, 1947, was later identified as the source of the debris found on the Foster ranch which led to UFO conspiracy theories and claims surrounding the Roswell incident. [1] [3] [4] In 1952, Life magazine reported Moore and colleague had witnessed an unidentified flying object on April 24 ...
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