From the June 2004 Idaho Observer:

Pentagon gives HAARP $35 million

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2004 -- The Office of Naval Research has awarded BAE Systems a $35.4 million contract to manufacture 132 high frequency (HF) transmitters for installation in the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program's (HAARP) phased array antenna system. When installed, the additional 132 transmitters will give HAARP a 3.6 mega-watt capacity. The HAARP build-out is jointly funded by the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Boom, flash -- then silence in Seattle

SEATTLE, Wash. -- At about 2:45 a.m. June 2, 2004, thousands of people in the greater Seattle area heard a loud boom, saw the night sky light up like daytime, then watched it fade back into darkness in about three seconds. People as far away as Spokane, Washington, (300 miles) saw the glow. The barely reported event was first attributed to a comet, then a meteor shower, neither of which were predicted.