"Chance an American thinks it is at least “partly true” that secret government airplanes release chemicals into the air: 1 in 7"
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Harper’s Index, Harper’s magazine, January 2012.
I never knew about the conspiracy theory of “chem-trails” (versus what they are really called, i.e. con-trails) until I moved to New Mexico and heard some lady railing on about them in the hot tub at Ojo Caliente. I’d estimate that 92% of the population of Santa Fe believes they are being poisoned by harmless aircraft condensation.