# Cloudbuster **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloudbuster/624311 "2012-06-06T20:18:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tabenx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@tabenx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tabenx)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloudbuster/624311/1 "2012-06-06T20:18:43Z")
> **[Cloudbuster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbuster)** > > A cloudbuster is a device designed by Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), which Reich claimed could produce rain by manipulating what he called "orgone energy" present in the atmosphere. > The cloudbuster was intended to be used in a way similar to a lightning rod: focusing it on a location in the sky and grounding it in some material that was presumed to absorb orgone—such as a body of water—would draw the orgone energy out of the atmosphere, causing the formation of clouds and ra... Note: This is about using the a cloudbuster to alter weather patterns, not about using it to get rid of “chemtrails” or battle alien spaceships My question is: does it work and, if it does, how does it actually work? I’m familiar with Reich’s initial experiment with the cloudbuster as well as other [more recent experiments](http://www.panaceauniversity.org/christoph%20keller%20cloudbuster%20project.pdf). Although these experiments lead me to believe it does work, the skeptic in my argues that it could be coincidental. Additionally, Reich’s explanation for how it works is a little too out-there for me to accept (although I assume it’s plausible that we generate some sort of energy). So, if it does actually work, is there a more “scientific” explanation for how it works? I’ve searched for hours on the web and through some scholarly journal articles, but all I found online are crazies who believe it can remove chem trails and journal articles about how these aforementioned people are crazy. ---
**Author:** ![tabenx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@tabenx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tabenx)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloudbuster/624311/2 "2012-06-07T14:14:48Z")
It just occurred to me that this should probably be under General Questions. I would appreciate it if a mod could move it there for me (because I don’t think I’m able to). Thank you.