Behold, a con job

The white streaks in the sky are harmless, experts say. But that just proves they're poisoning us.

- BY MARC WILSON

Is it spring? The sunny day outside thinks so, but being caught in a Desert Road snowfall coming back from the New Zealand Psychological Society conference suggests it's a bit early to start cutting the daffodils. But you can't beat Wellington on a good day - when the sky is blue with nary a cloud, unless you count the aeroplane trails.

Sorry, did someone say “chemtrails”? For those not familiar with the term it is used by people who believe state, military or “big pharma” actors have been secretly using commercial and/or military planes to spray chemicals across the skies since the 1990s.

Why? Perhaps weather modification – causing storms, for example – in support of some narrative or to cover up nefarious deeds. Or for mass vaccination, say. Or for mind control, making populations docile using psychoactive drugs. Among other “theories”.

I should be clear: the scientific fact is chemtrails are not real. They are actually contrails. That is, vapour trailing behind something jet-propelled, seen as a white streak against the sky.