Mar 31, 2009 17:51
Early 1920s: "Sun Therapy" becomes very popular and is prescribed as a cure for everything from simple fatigue to insanity to tuberculosis.
1926: Percival Archer, aviation pioneer and notorious London socialite, publishes an article in a small French magazine. Inspired by the use of a neurobiological stimulator apparatus developed by Kabbalic scientists (known as a “color machine”) in conjunction with “Sun Therapy” , he describes a plan to ward off monsters, spirits, and other paranormal entities by altering the shade of sunlight in earth’s atmosphere for various intervals per day. This would be accomplished by “seeding” clouds via aeroplane with miniscule tinted particles.
1927: Harry Crosby, expatriate poet and nephew of JP Morgan, champions international fundraising for the project and purchases 4 aeroplanes for an experimental test over the pyramids of Giza.
1928: Project is put on hold indefinitely after financials reveal over half the funds were spent at the Folies Bergere and the planes were currently being used for air races over the Sahara.
get your history on