Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program December 17, 2017 | No Comments The shadowy program began in 2007 and was largely funded at the request of Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader, who has had a longtime interest in space phenomena. Powered by Fake News Federal Budget (US), Military Aircraft, Space and Astronomy, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO), United States Defense and Military Forces , law, news, politics, society