Source The Lake Park News, Mar 1, 1984
What is further interesting is that Dr Beter talked extensively of just such operations going on as far back as 1980.

The Full Dr Beter PDF files are available here : http://www.transactual.com/cac/Beter.pdf
Amazingly the US government will then tell you that Nooo they themselves don't get into ionospheric manipulation to control the weather, yet the HAARP project itself is simply listed as a Ionospheric manipulator. US Patent 4686605 described the HAARP instrument as just such a device, and the following website is one of the most detailed on the true capability of the HAARP facility.
http://www.eastlundscience.com/HAARP.html