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The Micah Hanks Program
The Micah Hanks Program is a weekly podcast that covers science and the mysteries of our universe. Taking a critically-minded approach to the study of our world, each week Micah presents commentary and discussions with guests on subjects that include mysteries of physics and astronomy, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), UFOs, myths and folklore, archaeology and ancient mysteries, artificial intelligence, futurism, cryptozoology, science fiction, and entertainment. Each week we…
Episodes
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Others: UFOs, Folklore, and Forteana | MHP 01.10.22.
Throughout history, accounts of people's encounters and interactions with "others" have been recorded in folklore from around the world. Do these narratives…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFO Encounter at Hopkinsville | MHP 01.06.22.
On August 21, 1955, one of the most unusual events in early UFO history took place near the small town of Kelly outside Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Over the course…
The Micah Hanks ProgramA Year of UAP: 2021 in Review | MHP 12.27.21.
This week on The Micah Hanks Program, as the James Webb Space Telescope makes its way toward the next phase of its mission following a successful Christmas Day…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Pyramid Question: Riddle of the Ancient Engineers | MHP 12.20.21.
They represent one of the greatest architectural wonders of all time... and are among the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world. The pyramids at Giza…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Uncanny Reality of John Keel | MHP 12.13.21.
In 1966, as UFO sightings were occurring across the United States, one man became determined to solve the riddle of these mysterious aerial objects... and in…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Debrief: A Year of Rebellious Curiosity | MHP 12.06.21.
This week, as members of Congress continue to weigh in on the Department of Defense's decision to launch its new effort to investigate unidentified aerial…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs at the United Nations | MHP 11.29.21.
In recent days, we have learned of the establishment of a new UAP investigative group within the United States Department of Defense, called the Airborne…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Roswell Paradox | MHP 11.23.21.
Rancher Mac Brazel had no idea what a "flying saucer" was, nor had he heard any of the numerous reports of strange objects that were allegedly being seen in…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Observers: Surveillance and Interactions by UAP | MHP 11.15.21.
A pilot has a harrowing near midair collision with an unidentified flying object... a group of fishermen encounters a strange object producing a beam of light…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Anomaly Surveillance and Resolution Office: A Modest Proposal | MHP 11.08.21.
Since Project Blue Book ended in the 1960s, there has been no official office of UAP investigations within the U.S. government... but events of recent days…
The Micah Hanks ProgramVanishing Act: The Disappearance of Gerry Irwin | MHP 11.01.21.
A strange light moving through the sky... the word "STOP" scribbled across the side of a parked vehicle... and a young man discovered lying face down in the…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Foo Fighters: UFOs During World War II | MHP 10.27.21.
During the Second World War, Allied pilots began to log reports of encounters they had with unusual aerial phenomena during their flights over Europe…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUnidentified in Earth's Airspace: UFOs, Sci-Fi, and Future Tech | MHP 10.19.21.
Do UFOs represent exotic technology from another world? Will advances in the coming decades produce "warp drives" and other UFO-like technologies that will…
The Micah Hanks ProgramFaded Giant: UFO Incident at Malmstrom AFB | MHP 10.12.21.
On March 24, 1967, ten ICBMs at an underground launch control facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana became inoperable, while the security personnel…
The Micah Hanks ProgramPhenomenon: The Brazilian UFO Mystery | MHP 10.04.21.
In the heart of Brazil's Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park exists one of the most biologically diverse regions anywhere in the world. However, along with the…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Experiencers: UFOs, Government, and Claims of Alien Contact | MHP 09.27.21.
For decades, many people who have claimed to observe UFOs have also said they saw the occupants of these crafts. Even more incredibly, some of these purported…
The Micah Hanks ProgramMysteries of the Sphinx: Search for the Forgotten Civilization | MHP 09.21.21.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is among the most widely recognized monuments in the world, and arguably one of the most astounding testaments left to us by past…
The Micah Hanks ProgramOn the Trail of the Tic Tac | MHP 09.13.21.
In 2004, the U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 11 was conducting training off the California coast when radar operators began to detect unusual aerial objects…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Hunt For Alien Intelligence: UAP, Probes, and Alien Signals | MHP 09.06.21.
Many astronomers believe we are closing in on the hunt for proof of life on other worlds... but where will it be found, and how will we find it? Among the…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Extraterrestrial Controversy: UFOs and the Debate Over Earth Visitation | MHP 08.30.21.
It is among the greatest questions humans have ever asked about life and our place in the cosmos: are we alone in the universe? While scientists believe they…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs Over Canada: Aviation Incidents and the Military | MHP 08.23.21.
With all the attention put toward the U.S. government's recent interest in UFOs, the fact that similar incidents involving unidentified craft frequently occur…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs: Truth, Lies, and Conspiracies | MHP 08.16.21.
Since 2017, the UFO debate has undergone an unprecedented renewal in interest. Following the publication of a landmark article in The New York Times…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Galileo Project: The Astronomers Who Hunt For UAP | MHP 08.09.21.
Following the release of a June 2021 report by the Navy's UAP Task Force, many scientists have now felt compelled to pursue ways science can now be applied to…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Men Who Stare at UFOs: John Alexander on the Record | MHP 08.02.21.
Much of the modern discussion about UFOs revolves around the Pentagon's AATIP program, which looked at aerospace threats and culminated in the Navy's current…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUAP Analysis: Studying Anomalous Aerial Vehicles | MHP 07.26.21.
With the recent release of a government report on UAP detailing the U.S. Navy's efforts in studying unidentified objects in U.S. airspace, questions remain…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs and Science: An Astronomer's Perspective | 07.19.21.
Why don't astronomers see UFOs? If there are indeed unidentified aerial phenomena in our skies, shouldn't the scientists tasked with watching the stars see…
The Micah Hanks ProgramAyahuasca: Alien Intelligence & Inner Paths to Other Realms | MHP 07.12.21.
Answers to the question of whether we are alone in the universe are one of humankind's oldest pursuits. Many astronomers think that the discovery of…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Future of UAP Studies: An Assessment | MHP 07.05.21.
With the recent release of a U.S. government report on unidentified aerial phenomena, we are left with more questions than answers about the enduring mystery…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena: A Complete Analysis | MHP 06.28.21.
A widely anticipated U.S. government report on unidentified aerial phenomena has been delivered to Congress, representing one of the most significant…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs on Capitol Hill: Classified Briefings & Congressional Hearings | MHP 06.21.21.
Last Wednesday, lawmakers on Capitol Hill received a classified briefing by the Navy and the FBI, which detailed some of the findings of a report on UFOs…
The Micah Hanks ProgramLife Before: Children Who Remember Past Lives | MHP 06.14.21.
Do some children possess the ability to recall memories that fall beyond their own living experience? If so, where do these memories come from, and could they…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe UAP Report: Leaked Details and Analysis | MHP 06.07.21.
According to a recent bombshell New York Times article, the United States military has found "no evidence that aerial phenomena witnessed by Navy pilots in…
The Micah Hanks ProgramSasquatch: Science and the Apes Among Us | MHP 06.01.21.
For many decades, stories about large apelike creatures in the remote forested regions of America have persisted. Commonly known as Sasquatch or Bigfoot, many…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUAP in the USA: Presidents on Record and UFO Culture | MHP 05.24.21.
"What is true, and I'm actually being serious here, is that there are, there's footage and records of objects in the skies, that we don't know exactly what…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUAP: 60 Minutes, Leaked Footage and Media Analysis | MHP 05.15.21.
Since its first airing in 1968, 60 Minutes has been a television news magazine broadcast that looks at many of the most pertinent issues happening in the…
The Micah Hanks ProgramEvaluation: The Pentagon's UAP Problem | MHP 05.10.21.
In recent days, the Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General has announced the launch of a formal evaluation into The Pentagon and its actions…
The Micah Hanks ProgramStalking the Herd: Cattle Mutilation and UFOs in the San Luis Valley | MHP 05.03.21.
In September 1967, a 3-year-old Appaloosa named Snippy was found dead in the San Luis Valley. Although the incident involved a horse, it would mark the…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs and the Deep State | MHP 04.26.21.
What is the "Deep State," and does an unelected, bureaucratic element exist in government that has actively worked to suppress information collected about…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs: The National Intelligence Problem | MHP 04.19.21.
In the early 1950s, the Office of Scientific Intelligence at the CIA almost recommended that the UFO issue be elevated to the National Security Council and be…
The Micah Hanks ProgramDrones and Destroyers: Military UAP Encounters | MHP 04.12.21.
In the summer of 2019, several incidents occurred off the southern California coast involving Navy destroyers that were approached repeatedly by unusual…
The Micah Hanks ProgramSatellite Anomalies: UFOs and Space Archaeology | MHP 04.06.21.
In 1965, astronauts with the Gemini IV mission orbiting Earth spotted something unusual in one of the planet's hottest and most arid regions. The mysterious…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs on Radar: Echoes, Angels, and UAP | MHP 03.29.21.
In 1956, one of the most widely-regarded UFO incidents in history occurred over airbases in the eastern UK, where unusual objects were both tracked on radar…
The Micah Hanks ProgramPilot UFO Encounters: UAP and Aviation Safety | MHP 03.22.21.
On a Sunday afternoon over Greene County, New York in 2015, a pilot encountered something unlike anything he had ever seen before in the sky, or anywhere else…
The Micah Hanks ProgramLost Records of the Ancients | MHP 03.15.21.
It was once the nexus of culture and knowledge in the ancient world… a center of the arts and intellectual development unlike any seen before the Hellenistic…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Ghost Rockets: Sweden's UFO Files | MHP 03.08.21.
During the summer of 1946, one year before "flying saucers" began making headlines in America, a wave of sightings of strange "ghost rockets" were reported…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUAP in the UK: The MoD's UFO Files
In the summer of 1947, "flying saucers" became all the rage in the United States... but unexplained encounters with strange, unidentified aerial phenomena were…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe Brown Mountain Lights: A Historical Inquiry | MHP 02.22.21.
North Carolina legends tell that for decades - and perhaps centuries - residents around the vicinity of Morganton and nearby Appalachian mountain communities…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFO Physical Evidence: Angel Hair and Mystery Metals | MHP 02.15.21.
It is the long-sought prize of every serious UFO investigator: physical evidence left behind by a UFO. For decades, reports involving physical substances…
The Micah Hanks ProgramCowboys and Monsters: The Lost Thunderbird Photo Mystery | MHP 02.08.21.
On April 26, 1890, an Arizona newspaper called the Tombstone Epitaph carried a very unusual headline. "Found in the Desert: A Strange Winged Monster Found and…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe UFO Data: Marler and Rodeghier on the Record | MHP 02.01.21.
For decades, many scientists and laymen alike have sought answers to the longstanding mystery of UFOs. While much headway has been made, scientific…
The Micah Hanks ProgramExtraterrestrial: Avi Loeb on Oumuamua and Alien Life | MHP 01.26.21.
If alien life were ever to visit our planet, or even just our solar system, what might it look like? What form would it take, and what would be their reasons…
The Micah Hanks ProgramCosmic Ancestry: Panspermia and the Origins of Life | MHP 01.18.21.
What are the origins of life on Earth? Did the building blocks for life originate here, or did they travel to our planet in the distant past from someplace…
The Micah Hanks ProgramForgotten Lands: The Lost Continent Mythos | MHP 01.11.21.
For centuries, stories have persisted about lost civilizations, mysterious islands, and ancient peoples whose innovations have been forgotten by time…
The Micah Hanks ProgramAlien: Life From Another World | MHP 01.05.21.
It is a question that has long haunted humankind: are we alone in the universe? Since early times, humans have wondered about "others," and mythology from…
The Micah Hanks Program2020 Year in Review: UFOs and Ancient Mysteries | MHP 12.29.20.
2020 was a significant year, and in more ways than one. As the world fought the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, there were nonetheless many advances in…
The Micah Hanks ProgramThe CIA and UFOs: History Declassified | MHP 12.22.20
By January 1953, dramatic events had brought the CIA and UFOs - a topic the agency had little desire to commit to having involvement with - to a gridlock…
The Micah Hanks ProgramUFOs in the Atomic Age | MHP 12.14.20.
On the morning of July 16, 1945, the world changed forever. On a remote test site in the New Mexico desert, a group of scientists gathered and watched the…
The Micah Hanks ProgramDisclosure: An Estimate of the Situation | MHP 12.01.20
In 1948, a TOP SECRET document was produced by the U.S. Air Force which made surprising conclusions about the possible origins of unidentified flying objects…
The Micah Hanks ProgramEvent Horizon: UAP, AI and the Unidentified | MHP 11.25.20.
Many futurists believe that we will go on to create technologies far more the likes of science fiction than what we recognize today as science fact... perhaps…