Below is a comprehensive list of geoengineering-related patents, compiled to the best of my knowledge. Based on the language and scope of several of these patents, their stated purposes do not appear to be inherently human-friendly in any form as the language escalates from weather influence to planetary irradiation, artificial plasmas, relativistic particles, atmospheric weapons-scale energy systems, and even the generation of destructive weather events.

https://gist.github.com/pupdogg/4e796ed1bb0d24338a3f6523e404...

Examples:

    1. System and Method for Irradiation of Planet Surface Areas
    2. Method and Apparatus for Altering a Region in the Earth’s Atmosphere, Ionosphere, and/or Magnetosphere
    3. Broadcast Dissemination of Trace Quantities of Biologically Active Chemicals
    4. Method and Apparatus for Creating an Artificial Electron Cyclotron Heating Region of Plasma
    5. Method and Apparatus for Triggering a Substantial Change in Earth Characteristics and Measuring Earth Changes
    6. Planetary Weather Modification System

▲ Arn_Thor 2 days ago | parent [-]

The fact that someone has filed a patent doesn't mean that they have a workable idea, only that they can formulate and illustrate said idea and that it doesn't overlap with something that already exists.

	▲	pupdogg 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Totally agree, a patent by itself doesn't prove something was built or used, just that the idea could be described and cleared prior art. But are you saying none of those patents are even indirectly related to publicly documented programs like: `1. Operation Sea-Spray (1950) 2. Operation LAC (late 1950s–60s) 3. Operation Dew (ZnCdS tests)` We know these tests only became public decades later through hearings and declassification. Given that history, it seems fair to ask how much related research or enabling tech might still be classified. Lack of a clear public link doesn't really prove there wasn't one - it may just mean it hasn't been disclosed yet.