At least Three Dead in HAARP Attack

The Alaska based HAARP weather control installation has been attacked sources on the ground report.

At 4:30 am Pacific time, four vandals cut through the barbed wire fencing surrounding generators at a HAARP installation. They damaged two generators and destroyed three of the operation's radio towers before army forces arrived to apprehend them.

Three of the four attackers were killed during the resulting conflict. The remaining attacker has been detained. The identities of the attackers have not been released, but some sources are reporting that one of the attackers was a camera operator for Jessie Ventura when he arrived unannounced earlier this year. Ventura had arrived to film a segment for his television program "Conspiracy Theory" but was denied access to the facility despite his security clearance. Ventura's program premiered just hours before the attack and the debut episode investigated the mind and weather control aspects of HAARP. It is suspected that the attackers deliberately timed their attack to coincide with the HAARP episode of "Conspiracy Theory."

According to sources inside HAARP, the damaged generators and towers were not under heavy guard as they had been taken out of service for routine maintenance. The entirety of the HAARP array undergoes maintenance during the Alaskan winter and close to 25% of the towers and generators will be out of service at any given time from November through February.

HAARP is based on a patent by physicist Dr. Bernard Eastlund. This patent details a square facility 14 miles per side with densely packed antennas. While the current HAARP facility is not as large or complex as the patented design, the destruction of three towers is insignificant to the overall operation of the facility. "They're pretty flimsy objects" HAARP investigator "Richard" (who requested anonymity) said. "You can take one down with a truck, a trailer hitch and some cable. Problem is, you'll be shot dead before you can take out enough to make a difference."

Most of HAARP's non-military employees live in nearby Valdez, AK‎. The location of the military garrison guarding HAARP is classified, but many of the military "BRATS" attend school in Valdez. Valdez resident Conrad Riedner pointed out that the rapid response of military forces is an indication of just how critical and heavily guarded the facility is. It only took 10 minutes for a large force to arrive at an obscure "poorly guarded" portion of the sprawling facility. It's rumored that routine patrols will be increased in response to this attack.

"Richard's" response to this particular attack was "This happens sometimes. Some idiot gets it in his head to try and blow the place up. That's just plain dumb. HAARP has more gun totin' guards than Area 51 and they have a hella lot more hiding places for surveillance gear in the forest here than in a God Damn desert. I think they just let these poor bastards take out some gear that was already on the way out. Let 'em do some of the demo work FOR them before they shot 'em dead."

This is not the first time HAARP has been attacked. During construction a dozen armed men stormed the facility and gained entrance to a temporary control building, killing the three HAARP employees working in the small structure. 8 of the 12 attackers died in the ensuing standoff. The remainder were apprehended but their current location has not been revealed by the military.

Less than a year later, in September of 1994, several acres of active construction were destroyed by a series of explosions. It's believed that this attack was the impetus for the current level of military presence, even in decommissioned and offline segments of the facility.

Rumors persist of a steady stream of attacks against the facility, but no confirming statements have been unearthed by this investigator.