[1]Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam …

The Department of Defense has requested our approval to initiate the operational phase of Project Popeye in selected areas (map at clip) 2 along the infiltration routes in North Vietnam and southern …

Jul 23, 2025 · During the Vietnam War, America sought to wield the power of weather as a weapon against Communist forces. While it might sound fictitious, Operation Popeye was a real top-secret …

A weather modification program for selected areas of Laos, which subsequently known as Project Popeye (also referred to as Operation Popeye), was proposed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 10...

“Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam …

Mar 21, 2018 · Operation Popeye was a secret Vietnam War-era effort to conduct covert cloud seeding over Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, extend the monsoon season, and give the United States an …

On March 18, 1971, Washington Post reporter Jack Anderson broke the story of Operation Popeye. In response, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird testified before Congress in 1972 that “Anderson’s wild …

Mar 13, 2024 · Carried out by the US Air Force between 1967 and 1972, Operation Popeye was a top-secret weather modification program. It was inspired by Project Stormfury, a system developed in …

During Operation POPEYE the United States used cloud seeding techniques to induce rainfall in an attempt to flood the Ho-Chi-Minh Trail. This operation involved approximately 2,600 flights using …

The actual Popeye project was independently requested, tasked and authorized over a month before this McNamara request document, by a little known and little understood (covert) organization …