HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) was initially funded by the US Air Force, Navy, and DARPA. It IS a real facility that uses high-powered radio signals to study the ionosphere for communications and surveillance. Hugo Chavez blamed it for the Haiti earthquake. However, experts including Stanford professor Umran Inan note its power is 'minuscule compared with a lightning flash' and it operates well above where weather forms. Since 2015 it has been run by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and hosts public open houses.