Chemtrails - Topic Citations
Topic ID: 109
Every citation has two independent 0-100 scores. The source Reliability score rates the general reliability of the outlet itself, regardless of the specific claim, based on an eight-tier scale running from primary government and international scientific bodies (CDC, WHO, NASA, IPCC) at the top, through peer-reviewed journals, wire services, mainstream science journalism, and advocacy organizations, down to tertiary references like Wikipedia and unverifiable or absent sources at the bottom.
The Accuracy score, by contrast, rates how well a specific citation supports topic statements — a citation from an excellent source can score low if misapplied or can score high if it precisely backs up topic statements.
Contrail Formation and Persistence (the Real Explanation)
- FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)Reliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 82
- FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)Reliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 82
Ongoing Scientific Study of Contrail Formation, Persistence, and Climate Effects
- Nature CommunicationsReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 82
- Nature CommunicationsReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 82
Scientific Consensus Against the Chemtrail Conspiracy
- Environmental Research Letters (Shearer, West, Caldeira & Davis, 2016), via ScienceDailyReliability score: 65 | Accuracy score: 82
- Environmental Research Letters (Shearer, West, Caldeira & Davis, 2016), via ScienceDailyReliability score: 65 | Accuracy score: 82
Prevalence and Spread of the Chemtrails Conspiracy
- Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature) / Tingley & Wagner, 2017Reliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 75
- Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Nature) / Tingley & Wagner, 2017Reliability score: 88 | Accuracy score: 75
Psychology of Conspiracy Belief and Institutional Distrust
- PMC / SAGE (van Prooijen & Douglas, 2018)Reliability score: 85 | Accuracy score: 82
- PMC / SAGE (van Prooijen & Douglas, 2018)Reliability score: 85 | Accuracy score: 82