The Reaction to the Clouds
Author: Agent_047
last update2023-07-27 02:08:06

"Any chances that it is man-made?" asked James Comey, the FBI Director, directing his question to the CIA Director, John Brennan, during a meeting with the President, the Vice President and a few other people in the Oval Office.

"Based on the analysis of our intelligence, the likelihood is very high," Answered the CIA Director.

"Based on what?" Biden chimed in, asking for clarification with such a conclusion.

"Long before the clouds continued to form and started appearing, there was a huge transportation operation taking place on the island. We could barely count as over a hundred thousand machine parts were being transported onto the island," he explained.

"So, are you saying that those machines are the ones responsible for this phenomenon? Are they perhaps testing some weather control weapons or something?" Obama, who had been listening throughout the meeting this whole time, asked.

"We can say with a high probability that they are not some weather control machines," answered John w
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