Project Cirrus
Schenectady's Role in Weather Modification History
In the late 1940s, Schenectady, New York, became the unlikely cradle of a scientific endeavor that blurred the lines between innovation and science fiction. Within General Electric's research labs, Nobel laureate Irving Langmuir and machinist-turned-meteorologist Vincent Schaefer embarked on a quest to control the weather. Their experiments led to the d…
