Why the chemtrail conspiracy theory lingers and grows – and why Tucker Carlson is talking about it

Photo credit: Ch Photography via Unsplash. Article by Calum Lister Matheson. The Conversation – November 14, 2025.

Everyone has looked up at the clouds and seen faces, animals, objects. Human brains are hardwired for this kind of whimsy. But some people – perhaps a surprising number – look to the sky and see government plots and wicked deeds written there. Conspiracy theorists say that contrails – long streaks of condensation left by aircraft – are actually chemtrails, clouds of chemical or biological agents dumped on the unsuspecting public for nefarious purposes. Different motives are ascribed, from weather control to mass poisoning. […]

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