A Non-Apocalyptic Theory on the Recent Mass Death of Birds and Fish

H.A.A.R.P (the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) fired a strong beam into the atmosphere to further advance our knowledge of the physical and electrical properties of the Earth’s ionosphere which can affect our military and civilian communication and navigation systems. On the trip, it hit a currently unidentified flying object (UFO).

Scientists and researchers speculate that a radar-eluding shape of the UFO caused the beam to ricochet in fragmented acoustic pulses back to Earth. This caused multiple sonic booms in the United States, Italy, France, and Sweden, which went relatively unnoticed due to it coinciding with various New Year’s Eve festivities. These booms disturbed flocks of nearby birds which were asleep and they “flew the coop”.

In addition, the disruption of the ionosphere by the H.A.A.R.P project caused fluctuations of the Earth’s magnetic field during a particularly heavy solar storm and this disoriented the fleeing birds. The solar storm was caused by the sun’s entrance into a new cycle of increased activity.

Dizzy from the magnetic fluctuations (some birds have magnetic in their beaks for navigation) and internally hemorrhaged from the initial sonic boom, some of the birds fell to the Earth where their bodies incurred additional blunt force trauma upon impact. Most of the birds were Starlings and Red-winged Blackbirds which are commonly known to flock together in large quantities. This made them particularly susceptible to the localized “pulse-backs”.

In some locations in the United States, certain species of drum fish ascertained damage from the fragmented acoustic pulses that caused their “croaking” mechanisms to rupture. This affected the supply of oxygen to their lungs and over the course of the next few days, these fish floated to the surface as they died. The largest group of croakers (a small species of drum) were affected in the Chesapeake Bay area, where millions floated to the surface and washed ashore over the course of the following week.

The HAARP program operates a world-class ionospheric research facility located in Gakona, Alaska. Given that the effects of this test were felt across the Northern hemisphere, grave concern from hundreds of citizens of the world has arisen at the potential use of a similar system by terrorist groups.

Stay tuned for more as the story develops.

Resources:

• http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2003/03_10_09.html
• http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0120/Bye-Bye-Blackbird-USDA-acknowledges-a-hand-in-one-mass-bird-death
• http://www.princeton.edu/sgs/publications/sgs/pdf/9_3altmann.pdf
• http://www.asmfc.org/speciesDocuments/southAtlanticSpecies/spot/speciesProfile0505.pdf
• http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/05/national/main7216597.shtml
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spot_croaker
• http://www.asmfc.org/speciesDocuments/southAtlanticSpecies/atlanticcroaker/croakerfactsheet.pdf
• http://www.suite101.com/content/earths-magnetic-fields-may-be-causing-bird-and-fish-die-off-a328353
• http://www.jstor.org/pss/2827465
• http://www.chesapeakebay.net/atlantic_croaker.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_Blackbird
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starling
• http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/earthmag.html
• http://www.springerlink.com/index/WGHFQ274UWHNRJVQ.pdf

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