Alaska State Rep Calling for Immediate Cease and Desist of Weather Modification Activities
12 September 2026 | ZEROGeoengineering.com | RAINMAKER is back in the center of controversy [1] after bragging online about their August 23, 2026 [2] cloud seeding experiments in the state of Alaska. Though the Palantir-linked [3] company was given permission to experiment on state land by the Alaska Department of Resources [4] and has received approvals and exemptions from FAA, [5][6] the People did not agree to be participants in the experimentation.
Alaska Representative Sarah Vance sent letters to Alaska Transportation Commissioner Ryan Anderson [7] and to RAINMAKER [8] calling for an immediate cease and desist of all cloud seeding and weather modification operations.
In her letter to Transportation Commissioner Ryan Anderson (below), Representative Vance stated:
“While the federal government holds exclusive sovereignty over the navigable airspace of the United States under 49 U.S.C. § 40103, and the FAA regulates aircraft operations and flight paths, federal authority over weather modification itself remains narrow. The Weather Modification Reporting Act of 1972 (15 U.S.C. §§ 330-330e) imposes only a reporting requirement to NOAA. It does not create a comprehensive federal regulatory scheme that occupies the field, nor does it broadly authorize the intentional release of seeding agents onto state territory.
States retain clear authority to protect their land, water, air quality, ecosystems, fisheries, and public health from the effects of substances that precipitate within their borders…”
“Alaska’s environment and the health of its people are not available for uncontested federal experimentation.”
FOR-PROFIT company, “Skyward,” is also conducting cloud seeding experiments in Alaska, releasing “chaff” (“silica fibers coated with aluminum and / or basalt fibers coated with aluminum”). According to DOD, chaff contains PFAS.
From Skyward’s report, “Skyward will be conducting weather modification activities for R&D purposes only.”
The December 13, 2005 letter below, was written by John H. Marburger lll, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), to S. 517 Sponsor, Kay Bailey Hutchison. He requested she defer further consideration of S. 517, “the Weather Modification Research and Development Authorization Act of 2005,” which she withdrew.
Acknowledged in the letter are issues relating to legal ramifications, foreign policy and national security implications, in addition to the potential adverse consequences on life, property and water resource availability resulting from weather modification activities.
Sources
[1] https://zerogeoengineering.com/2025/texas-flood/
[2] https://www.rainmaker.com/blog/alaska-validation-report
[3] https://zerogeoengineering.com/2025/thiel-backed-cloud-seeding-firm-moves-to-block-state-legislation/
[4] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28601753-dnr-letter/?mode=document&ref=cms.anchoragepress.com
[5] https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FAA-2025-1630/document?ref=cms.anchoragepress.com
[6] https://zerogeoengineering.com/2026/rainmaker-exemption-request-to-faa/
[7] https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1451610566777125&set=pcb.1451611323443716
[8] file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/Alaska%20Representative%20Vance%20Letter%20to%20Rainmaker.png
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