HISTORY OF WEATHER MODIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES

Weather modification projects in the United States during 1968. Source: NSF Tenth Annual Report on weather modification (1968) via Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (1978).

By Gundhramns Hammer
March 27, 2016

In the United States, attempts and projects to experiment on precipitation enhancement, alleviation of droughts, mitigation of dangerous storms, lighting suppression, hail suppression  and fog dissipation, i.e., weather modification, have a long history.

The following publication has done a good job at summarising the state of things regarding weather modification and its history in the United States up to 1978:

Weather Modification: Programs, Problems, Policy, and Potential (1978). Prepared at the Request of Hon. Howard W. Cannon, Chairman - Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 746 pp.

To read it or download it, go here.