Around a third of Americans now believe that ‘chemtrails’ might be real

vapor trails or chemtrails from jets in sky often forming grid or triangular patterns. (Photo by Photofusion/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

(Picture: Getty Images)When jets fly overhead, are they leaving trails of hot air – or are they seeding clouds with sinister chemicals used to control the weather and, possibly, human minds?

Lorry driver filmed on his phone with his feet up while on the motorway

Around a third of Americans seriously entertain the idea that the bizarre conspiracy theory of ‘chemtrails’ is real, according to a new study by Harvard researchers.

The idea is laughably bonkers: those white lines which you see behind planes are in fact trails of mind-bending chemicals spreading across the sky.

In reality, they’re just water vapour – but try telling that to the tinfoil hat brigade.

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