MAUNA KEA WEB CAM

Well here's another mystery conveniently solved by science - all those strange cloud anomalies we've been watching and wondering about? They're just "alternating layers of cirrus", according to the good people at the CFHT (Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope) at Mauna Kea.

Whew. That's a relief. And all those high-tech, top-secret military facilities and projects atop Mauna Kea and Haleakala? Oh don't worry, they're just watching stars and clouds and looking for aliens and stuff...

I'm sure there's nothing sinister in any of these projects they may or may not be working on:

DIRECTED ENERGY DIRECTORATE(http://www.kirtland.af.mil/afrl_de/)
"The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, Kirtland AFB, N.M. is the U.S. Air Force's center of expertise in the range of technologies required for high-energy lasers, high-power microwaves, high-power millimeter waves and advanced optics. Associated technologies include optical imaging and communication technologies and modeling, simulation and effects studies. As the technical expert, the directorate also provides independent assessment and analysis of directed energy concepts for multiple Air Force customers. The directorate has a space optical site and high performance computing center on the island of Maui, Hawaii."

AIR FORCE MAUI OPTICAL STATION (AMOS)
(http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/track/amos.htm)
"An asset of the US Air Force Materiel Command's Phillips Laboratory, is located at the summit of Haleakala, on the island of Maui. It is part of the Maui Space Surveillance Site (MSSS). The mission of AMOS is to conduct research and development of new and evolving electro-optical sensors, as well as to provide support for operational missions defined by US and AF Space Command. In addition, AMOS provides experiment support to a wide variety of military and civilian organizations in diverse fields. This support has included the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and many universities. AMOS has hosted and supported a wide variety of visiting experiments.

Typical AMOS visiting experiments include:

-- SUPPORT FOR TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC MISSILE LAUNCHES OUT OF BOTH VANDENBERG AND KAUAI (MISSILE LAUNCHES OUT OF KAUAI???)
-- Detection and tracking of orbital debris
-- Observations of shuttle and satellite special operations
-- LASER illumination of satellites (WHY?)
-- Atmospheric physics
-- Space sciences and astronomy
-- Short Wavelength Adaptive Technology (SWAT), a long term experiment funded by SDIO and requiring the construction of additional facilities at the observatory
-- Relay Mirror Experiment (RME), funded by SDIO and managed by Phillips Laboratory, operated in Maui.

In addition to these facilities, the University of New Mexico manages the Phillips Laboratory's Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC). The MHPCC is a state-of-the-art computing center using massively parallel processing computers, based on the IBM SPx series. The MHPCC supports both Department of Defense and civilian users, operating in both classified and unclassified modes. AMOS utilizes the MHPCC for a significant amount of its image processing."

So. There you have it - nothing at all to worry about. I'm sure they'd tell us if they were EXPERIMENTING with any high-tech weaponry or serious weather manipulation, right???

WATCH ORIGINAL VIDEO AT http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/gallery/cloudcams/index.php?opts=bestof

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[SovereignBeing]

i do recall this one and reading the info..

At the time, think i was probably more mesmerised by the wonderful time lapse scenery and sunrise than anything more sinister and militarized.

[MauiSkyWatcher]

@SovereignBeing LOL yer excused, being all mesmerized by the alternating layers of cirrus is a common ailment these days....LOL

[lazydayhohum]

On june 2,2011 there cloud cam picked up a strange light that flashed by the cam close to it(forward to 1:15)it appears around 1:20,I freeze framed the image.have a look at video PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE and investigate the original on there sight,it is by far the creepiest thing I've seen on there cam to date.I still have no clue what it is... my channel is lazydayhohum By the way,thanks for sharing all the information and yes i do also believe they not just looking at pretty clouds

[MauiSkyWatcher]

@lazydayhohum I think you're refering to the one that went viral and was explained away as some missile launch out of Vandenberg AFB? Which didnt really explain WHY they were shooting missles off randomly towards Hawaii or why it looked like the Norway spiral , or why they do anything, and deny everything, its ALL suspicious to me these days.

[MauiSkyWatcher]

Just posted the link to the original video in the INFO section above, at the end.

The time-lapse videos at the CFHT website are STUNNING.  This download doesnt do it justice, please see original until I can figure out how to "convert" and "codec" and all that...

[1984SmallFry]

Wow...clearly shows the laminar flow. Excellent video Maui gonna share this one

[MauiSkyWatcher]

@1984SmallFry I know, I meant to post the link to this observatory, its a really cool site & the original video is stunning! They have tons of time-lapse, I picked this one cuz it shows all the diff chemclouds in a 2 hr period. The one for today, July 4th, only has the low-level mostly natural looking ones, because the Air Force is taking a holiday, god love em. But then they don't really need to spray once the plasma grid is created. They just like to show off because they know we're watching!

[SovereignBeing]

lovely images hun, shame cos we dont want no 'alternating layers' in our cirrus;

We just want REAL clouds and REAL weather...!

[Fromplefeet]

Thanks for sharing my friend! You tube finally sent me this video~ Peace!

[onestupidman]

WHOA--that's Amazing...and the information is Exquisite.

Thanks S'--I've been curious about AMOS; just got yer PM--catch up with you Soon.

;-)

x-Rob

[MauiSkyWatcher]

@lonestarskywatcher Thanks. So apparently Kirtland AFB in New Mexico is Grand Central for all these ops, with the infamous Phillips Laboratory and all, and elaborately linked to Maui, of all places! Just when you thought it was safe to drop out of the rat race, the Flying Monkeys arrive!!! And you should see how they schmooze their way into the community, just like Monsanto, with their community grants and scholarships and such. And if that didnt work - which it DID - they just TAKE OVER!