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  • In 2013, a feature article appeared on the website of legendary aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin that quickly had aviation buffs talking. The piece, titled “Speed is the New Stealth,” claimed that a new hypersonic aircraft was under development at the company’s famous Skunk Works facility, which would soon set a new standard for speed and stealth in American aerospace technologies. They called it the SR-72, an aircraft Aviation Week had already dubbed "the son of Blackbird" after its predecessor, the legendary SR-71.

    Today, the status of the SR-72 program remains in question, although recent reports suggest that America's next secretive spy plane could soon be taking flight. This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we delve into the mystery surrounding this aircraft, it's relationship to the fictional "Darkstar" program depicted in the film Top Gun: Maverick, and also look at UAP sightings that could involve encounters with unacknowledged U.S. stealth technologies.

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    NEWS: James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader, dies aged 93 Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says China’s Classified Space Plane, Shenlong, Returns from Secretive 267-Day Mission in Space Japanese Eels Have Evolved the Ability to Escape a Predator’s Stomach After Being Eaten DARKSTAR: Secretive SR-72 Hypersonic Aircraft, Successor to Lockheed Martin’s Legendary SR-71, Could Soon Take Flight SKUNK WORKS: Speed is the New Stealth: Lockheed Martin Skunkworks It Sure Seems Like Darkstar, Lockheed’s Secret High-Speed Jet, Is Real

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  • In the years immediately following the Second World War, sightings of strange phenomena in our skies gave rise to one of the strangest developments of the postwar era: the "arrival" of flying saucers, strange objects that the U.S. government now calls unidentified anomalous phenomena.

    Joining us this week is Greg Eghigian, a Professor of History and Bioethics at Pennsylvania State University. An expert on the history of the abnormal and the paranormal in the modern world, his research has been supported by NASA and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and Greg joins us on The Micah Hanks Program to discuss his recent book, After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon.

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    NEWS: Fishermen Off Hawaii Stumble Upon Mysterious Classified DARPA Drone Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiralling out of control – here’s why that’s so dangerous EGHIGIAN: Greg Eghigian, Department of History at Princeton University BOOK: After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon

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  • Throughout the final decades of the 20th century, strange beliefs began to pervade the UFO research community. Ranging from stories of alleged flying saucer crashes, to strange encounters with "malevolent" alien beings, these and other controversial narratives began to predominate the minds of many in the UFO field. Where did these ideas originate, and how have they continued to shape the modern UFO narrative?

    Joining us this week to discuss the origins of such ideas is Charles Lear, an independent historical researcher and author of books that include his latest work, Crashed Saucers and Malevolent Aliens: The Emergence of the Popular Modern UFO Mythos in the Late 20th Century. We explore these ideas, and much more, on this week's edition of The Micah Hanks Program.

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    ELIZONDO: Imminent: Former Counterintelligence Agent's New Memoir Reveals an Insider's Look at UFOs AARO: The Pentagon’s Official UAP Investigative Office Has a New Full-Time Director ANNOUNCEMENT: Department of Defense Announces the New Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office JON KOSLOSKI BIO: Dr. Jon T. Kosloski: U.S. Department of Defense Biography CHARLES LEAR: Crashed Saucers and Malevolent Aliens: The Emergence of the Popular Modern UFO Mythos in the Late 20th Century

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  • As humans continue to search the cosmos for evidence of intelligent life from other worlds, and the UAP debate suggests the possibility that it may already have found us, legal scholars are now considering how laws would apply to potential contact scenarios.

    Joining us on The Micah Hanks Program this week are Professor Michael Bohlander, the Chair in Global Law and SETI Policy in the Durham Law School, and Dr. John Elliott, an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Computer Science and the Coordinator for the SETI Post Detection Hub at the University of St Andrews. Together we explore how international laws could apply if contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence were made, and how a recent survey the researchers are conducting could be used to develop post-contact protocols.

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    ELIZONDO: I Investigated UAPs at the Pentagon—Americans Can Handle the Truth NEWS: Palmdale UFO Scare Leads To Revelations About Mystery Drone Incursions Over Plant 42 How Would Humans React to Contact with Extraterrestrials? UK Researchers Seek Answers in New Survey MICHAEL BOHLANDER: Professor Michael Bohlander - Durham University BOOK: Contact With Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Human Law: The Applicability of Rules of War and Human Rights ARTICLE: Take Me to Your Lawyer: The Legal Aspects of Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence JOHN ELLIOT: Dr John Elliott - School of Computer Science PAPER: Meeting extraterrestrials: scenarios of first contact from the perspective of exosociology

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  • Over the decades, sightings of mysterious objects in our skies have been reported from all over the world. Boasting a wide range of physical features, questions about these mysterious objects which the U.S. government now calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) have long perplexed experts.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we offer a status update from the case files of the UAP Sightings Reporting System (UAPSRS), which officially launched earlier this year. In our analysis, we'll examine trends we have observed in the current batch of reports, detailed in a series of odd first-hand witness reports involving sightings of spherical UAP, and massive triangular craft observed in our skies.

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    NEWS: Carvings at ancient monument may be world's oldest calendar Ancient Babylonian Tablets Are Finally Deciphered. They’re Full of Bad News UAPSRS SPHERICAL UAP SIGHTINGS: United Kingdom, 2020: UAPSRS Case No. 171 North Carolina, 1997: UAPSRS Case No. 179 Channel Islands, 2022: UAPSRS Case No. 167 Kentucky, 2023: UAPSRS Case No. 153 UAPSRS TRIANGULAR UAP SIGHTINGS: Kentucky, 2008: UAPSRS Case No. 151 California, 1997: UAPSRS Case No. 150 Canada, 2020: UAPSRS Case No. 106 Alabama, 2000: UAPSRS Case No. 145 Texas, 2002: UAPSRS Case No. 163 Colorado, 2021: UAPSRS Case No. 124

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  • After the surrender of Japan that marked the end of the Second World War, American forces began to unravel clues to the existence of a disturbing secret program involving biological experiments carried out on human test subjects during the height of the conflict. Known as "Unit 731", the program has never been officially acknowledged, and although its existence is well established, the American government's secretive dealings with Japanese scientists led to an eastern counterpart to the controversial "Operation Paperclip" that ensued with Nazi scientists after the war.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at the tragic history of Unit 731's war crimes, as well as the American effort to cover up its cooperation with the secretive group after the war, and finally, its possible connection to one of the most controversial alleged UFO incidents of all time.

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    NEWS: Tropical Storm Debby hits Florida with floods, threat of record rain in Georgia and the Carolinas Dow tumbles 1000 points, S&P 500 posts worst day since 2022 in global market sell-off U.S. to send more warships, fighter jets to Middle East to bolster defenses Chinese-made humanoid robots raise alarms in Congress: 'Stealth army on our land' Inbred, gibberish or just MAD? Warnings rise about AI models UNIT 731: A mysterious pile of bones could hold evidence of Japanese war crimes, activists say Unit 731: Japan's Biological Force (BBC News Article) 100,000 Pages Declassified in Search for Japanese War Crimes Records | National Archives Japanese War Crimes and Japanese Biological Warfare, 1934-2006 POPULAR MECHANICS: July 1997 “Roswell” Issue THE SMOKING GUN? Document: “Analysis of Factors Contributing to "Pilot Error" Experiences in Operating Experimental Aircraft Controls”

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  • In postwar America, a shocking secret program was undertaken to bring former Nazi scientists to the United States, in order to maintain a strategic advantage against the Soviet Union. Known as Operation Paperclip, the program involved hundreds of German scientists who ultimately helped give birth to the American Space Program.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we take a historical deep dive into the controversial program, with an analysis that also looks at the various connections the program, its scientists, and the curious technologies involved may have had to UFO sightings during and after World War II. Is there an even deeper secret history to the U.S.'s post war collaborations with German scientists?

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    OPERATION PAPERCLIP: Project Paperclip and American Rocketry after WWII Memorandum by The Acting Secretary of State to President Truman CIA DOCUMENTS: Operation Paperclip CIA documents 'Engineer claims saucer plans are in Soviet hands' OBERTH: Herman Oberth UFO lecture notes VON BRAUN: Werner von Braun at Roswell Aerospace Executive Carol Rosin on Braun and space weapons

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  • In the early 1940s, the world was engulfed in the Second World War. During the height of the battle, a secretive scientific endeavor began to take shape, The Manhattan Project, which would forever alter the course of history.

    During this period, sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena would also begin to rise, with a concerning number occurring around sites related to the American atomic warfare complex. This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at what historical research and recent studies have revealed about this period, as well as the potential intentions of the UAP operators, and finally, a series of strange secrets about UAP-related happenings in the American southwest at that time.

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    NEWS: Joe Biden Drops Out of 2024 Presidential Race Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says 'we failed' Asheville Red Lobster delivered rare orange lobster Deputy has 'close encounter' with UFO-shaped vehicle MAKING THE BOMB: The Manhattan Project 1947: Year of the Flying Saucer Ellsworth UFO sighting SCU STUDY PART I: UAP Pattern Recognition Study 1945-1975 US Military Atomic Warfare Complex PART II: UAP Activity Pattern Study 1945-1975 Military and Public Activities STRINGFIELD: UFO Crash Retrievals: The Inner Sanctum - Status Report VI

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  • In 1996, radio host Art Bell received a mysterious package containing small metallic samples and an incredible story. According to the anonymous author of the enclosed letter, the material fragments had been collected during the recovery of an advanced aerospace vehicle that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico in the summer of 1947.

    Recently, the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) conducted a series of tests on the legendary material, whose unique physiochemical properties were claimed to enable "inertial mass reduction" (i.e., levitation or antigravity functionality), potentially due to the bismuth and magnesium layers acting as a terahertz waveguide. This week on The Micah Hanks Program, look at AARO and Oak Ridge National Laboratory's findings, as well as a deep dive into the bizarre story of these alleged Roswell materials.

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    ROSWELL MATERIALS: UAP metal fragment not alien in origin: AARO Material of Interest: Magnesium-Zinc-Bismuth – To The Stars* FLASHBACK: Dr. Hal Puthoff Address to the SSE/IRVA Conference, Las Vegas, 8 June 2018 Tom DeLonge’s UFO Organization Says It’s Obtained ‘Exotic’ Metals Unknown to Science Linda Howe Lecture from X Con 2004 Analysis of "Art's Parts" by Nicholas A. Reiter AARO: AARO's Supplement to Oak Ridge National Lab Analysis of Metallic Specimen OAK RIDGE: Oak Ridge Synopsis of Material Analysis ORNL and AARO Material Analysis Update – To The Stars* The Truth About Those Alien Alloys in the NYT UFO Story OURS OR THEIRS? US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests

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  • In the summer of 1995, following a congressional request, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigated documents related to the alleged crash of a "flying disc" near Roswell Army Air Field (RAAF), New Mexico in 1947. The result, which produced no "smoking gun" evidence of the purported crash, did reveal the mysterious destruction of records from the period, raising questions about who, and under what authority, the records might have been destroyed.

    Now, new draft language has revealed a possible effort by present-day U.S. lawmakers to have the GAO conduct a similar audit of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we examine the situation, and also look at the history of the GAO's involvement with U.S. government investigations into UAP.

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    NEWS: Mysterious glowing objects found above Jupiter's Great Red Spot Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year Boeing in talks with US defense department on impact of guilty plea Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers DOUGLAS D. JOHNSON: Will the GAO Be Investigating AARO? THE GAO: GAO Report on Roswell Incident DOD IG: The DoD IG's UAP Audit

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  • As humanity continues its journey forward into the era of artificial intelligence, many leading futurists are looking ahead to what the following decades may hold for us. Some scientists are also questioning what the implications of the current progress with machine intelligence might be in terms of understanding mysteries like unidentified anomalous phenomena. Could AI help us solve the UAP mystery, or might some part of the phenomenon itself be related to AI, representing a kind of "UAP Singularity" hinted at by our own current technological progression?

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we explore how recent advancements with AI relate to the UAP question, including ideas such as whether alien life we may encounter would necessarily be biological, and how the concept of technological singularity could potentially give rise to superintelligences, time travel, and other futuristic concepts that could be related to the UAP mystery.

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    NEWS: It's International Asteroid Day, and astronomers have much to celebrate | Space Report claims 12 people at Red Rocks saw massive UFO hovering in the sky NUFORC UFO Sighting 181776 Enigma Labs SIghting Over Colorado LIKELY SOURCE: Starlink launch marks 20th mission for Falcon 9 booster KURZWEIL: AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’ THE SINGULARITY: The Singularity is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil THE UFO SINGULARITY: The UFO Singularity by Micah Hanks Most Aliens May Be Artificial Intelligence, Not Life as We Know It | Scientific American Harvard Astrophysicist Avi Loeb: Why UFOs May Be AI NASA study team suggests applying artificial intelligence to trove of mystery sightings AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilisations PASULKA: Apocalypse now, and always: On UFOs, AI and encounters with non-human intelligence

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  • During the Cold War, sightings of strange "mystery submarines" were reported in various parts of the world, from the coastal waters of Scandinavian countries to the ocean surrounding parts of New Zealand, South American countries, and others. Although fears of Soviet espionage ran high, some of the incidents defied simple explanation, seemingly pointing to other alternatives as to what these mystery "USOs" and their origins may have been.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we dive into cases involving mystery submarines and odd sightings of unidentified submersible objects (USOs) from throughout the years, as well as some of the prevalent theories about their origins and possible relationship to the UAP phenomenon.

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    NEWS: We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality Videos Reveal This Bloodsucking Parasite Doing Something Odd That Settles a Century-Old Debate Shiny monolith removed from mountains outside Las Vegas. How it got there still is a mystery Top secret US undersea drone 'Manta Ray' spotted on GOOGLE before being scrubbed from internet NASA Plans to Put an Artificial Star in Orbit. Here’s Why. MYSTERY SUBS: What was lurking in Sweden's waters? - BBC News Suspected Foreign Submarine Turned Out to Be a Fishing Boat US detects ‘highly unusual’ North Korean submarine activity | CNN Politics Mystery Submarine Spotted in Swedish Waters Attack Submarine USS Connecticut Suffers Underwater Collision in South China Sea South China Sea: US submarine collides with unknown object Russian sub deployment off Florida worries Pentagon that Moscow will stalk U.S. coasts TIM GALLUDET: Beneath the Surface: Rear Admiral Timothy Gallaudet

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  • On June 12, 2024, a concerning situation began to unfold as an official NASA live stream featured audio that appeared to reveal a medical emergency unfolding on board the International Space Station. Although the incident turned out to be a false alarm, it served as a reminder of the dangers astronauts face while in orbit.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at several of the most alarming incidents that have occurred in the history of spaceflight, as well as occasional encounters with unidentified objects reported by astronauts during orbital operations.

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    NEWS: Record-breaking US heat wave scorches the Midwest as New York activates the National Guard New Boeing whistleblower shared ‘chilling’ account of retaliation, senator says U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin Test Advanced Mk21A Missile Reentry Vehicle Over the Pacific What's That? NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Just Spotted Something on the Far Side of the Moon NASA: Emergency on the ISS? Disturbing Audio Led to Concerns About a Medical Situation in Space Audio of the NASA "false alarm"

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  • In the 1980s, Popular Mechanics featured an intriguing cover story that detailed encounters with a colossal black flying wing in California’s desert skies. Throughout the decades, similar reports involving massive Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) have continued, which include ongoing sightings of enigmatic black triangles reported across the globe.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at some of history’s most famous cases involving encounters with “silent giants” that include massive black triangular UAP, the “mothership” observed by pilot Kenji Terauchi over Alaska in 1986, and an incredible encounter by a military police officer over Johnston Island in the late 1980s. What were these mysterious craft, and could they have any potential links to secretive military technologies that have remained hidden within the world of U.S. black projects?

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    NEWS: Mysterious Sonic Booms Rattle the SoCal Coast Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to call them Ongoing Sightings of This Enigmatic Lost Species Continue to Challenge Accepted Views on Its Extinction Gravity Without Mass? New Study Challenges the Existence of Hypothetical Dark Matter UAP MOTHERSHIPS: “America’s New Secret Stealth Aircraft” PopMech 1989 30 years later, we still don't know what really happened during the Belgian UFO wave The St. Clair Triangle UFO Incident of 2000: A Fresh Look UFO Investigators Flock to Stephenville, Texas Unfriendly skies: The extraordinary flight of JAL 1628, Alaska’s best known UFO encounter Federation of American Scientists: “Mystery Aircraft: Our Analysis”

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  • Despite NASA and the Pentagon intensifying their investigations into UAP, each agency maintains that no evidence of extraterrestrial technology has been found, and has presented only moderate results with their investigations. Meanwhile, civilian scientists are making significant contributions to our understanding of UAPs, with events like the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies and its 2024 AAPC conference bringing together leading researchers and academics to discuss the science behind UAP sightings and their potential implications.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we take a look at the SCU's analysis of flight characteristics of these phenomena, revealing extraordinary capabilities that challenge current technological understandings. We also dive into recent discussions with military and intelligence professionals that underscore the seriousness of the UAP issue, highlighting skepticism towards AARO’s efforts and the need for a more collaborative approach to uncover the truth behind these mysterious encounters.

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    NEWS: ChatGPT is down again – here's what we know about the latest outage OPENAI Insiders Warn of 'Reckless' Race for Dominance A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial Intelligence SCU: The Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies NASA UAPIST: NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team Report AARO: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

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  • Recent advancements in archaeology are expanding our knowledge about the ancient past, enabling scientists to date prehistoric sites more accurately, and revealing new insights into people's lives throughout the ancient world. However, with the new knowledge we are attaining, new questions are coming to light about our ancient past, as well as some controversial revelations that could lead to paradigm shifts in archaeology.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, after an update on the ever-evolving UAP whistleblower claims, we shift our focus over to a pair of recent archaeological discoveries that are causing many experts to revisit old perplexing questions about cosmic-scale events that occurred long ago, as well as questions over who may have been among the earliest to arrive in North America.

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    NEWS: Pentagon: Russia likely launched counter space weapon into low Earth orbit last week ”Zero Doubt” Non-Human Intelligence is on Earth: Col. Karl Nell at SALT Kirkpatrick DID speak with Grusch's attorney, according to Dean Johnson ARCHAEOLOGY: Mystery of Ancient Space Superstorms Deepens 7000-Year-Old Evidence of a Mysterious Cosmic Event is Helping Reveal the Secrets of an Ancient European Settlement Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas

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  • In 2017, Luis Elizondo, a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent and former employee of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, revealed that he had been involved with the U.S. Department of Defense's investigations into unidentified aerial phenomena. Since coming forward, Elizondo has remained a controversial figure, with some questioning his claims, as well as whether the program he said he ran, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, or AATIP, even existed.

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we delve into Elizondo's recent claims that he had been made aware of potential threats targeting him, and what the former special agent characterizes as "perception management" being undertaken by the DoD with its assertions about his relationship to the AATIP program, and claims regarding the destruction of his official correspondences.

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    NEWS: Brazil floods drive thousands from their homes Brazil Foundation - Donate Today Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Underground 'Anomaly' Near Giza Pyramids This Long Lost Waterway May Hold the Secrets to How the Pyramids Were Built Congressman moves to declassify UFO docs: 'If you got nothing to hide, release the files' The Vatican Has Updated Its Guidelines for Evaluating Apparitions and Supernatural Phenomena. Here’s What That Means. ELIZONDO: New FOIA Release Highlights Redactions in Key AATIP Correspondence Elizondo’s response on X Greenewald on X: "The email records of Dr. James Lacatski… have been destroyed." Elizondo’s response on X

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  • Skinwalker Ranch in Utah has long remained a focus of intrigue and controversy in UFO research. The famous alleged paranormal hotspot, marked by its geological history and the foreboding shadows of sandstone mesas, is haunted by legends of the Skinwalker—a malevolent shapeshifter from Native Ute lore. Over time, these myths have been joined by contemporary accounts of unexplained occurrences, from strange lights in the night sky to the mysterious disappearance of cattle, reinforcing the ranch's reputation as a nexus for unexplainable activity.

    The ranch's allure has not only captivated the imaginations of those who visit but has also garnered attention from members of the U.S. government. In 2018, a confidential briefing was held on Capitol Hill, attended by notable individuals including the ranch's current owner, Brandon Fugal, and Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, who would go on to become the director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we discuss these recent revelations, and explore the strange history that showcases the peculiar bridge between governmental curiosity and the enduring legends of Skinwalker Ranch.

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    NEWS: Most Severe Geomagnetic Storm Forecast in Two Decades Could Mean Aurora Sightings Musk's Starlink satellites disrupted by major solar storm 1600-Year-Old Stone Inscribed in Mysterious Ancient Language Unearthed in Accidental Discovery Future Humans Could be Haunted by Digital “Ghosts” of Their Dead Loved Ones, Researchers Warn Mysterious Objects in Space Could Be Giant Dyson Spheres, Scientists Say SKINWALKERS: Pentagon UFO Hunter Reveals What He Knows About Aliens Brandon Fugal on Twitter MUSIC: Skinwalker Music by De Componist via Youtube

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  • Over the decades, many people who claim to possess knowledge of UFOs or have even seen these unusual objects themselves have alleged that threats, intimidation, or other efforts to silence them have been undertaken. But who are these mysterious "UFO silencers," and where does the line between fact and folklore fall on this contentious subject?

    This week on The Micah Hanks Program, following an analysis of the latest controversies involving whistleblower David Grusch, we examine his claims of reprisals following his choice to come forward with claims of knowledge about secret UAP-related programs within the U.S. government. We then look at AARO's investigations into potentials means by which those with insider knowledge could be potentially be held accountable, and finally, the UFO folklore involving claims of "UFO silencers" from over the decades.

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    NEWS: New Fusion Milestone with ‘WEST’ Tokamak Sustains Super-Hot Plasma for Six Minutes 'Lost' satellite found after orbiting undetected for 25 years Siberia's 'gateway to the underworld' is growing a staggering amount each year Existence of dark matter confirmed by new study EGLIN UPDATE: Is there a video of the Eglin UAP after all? GRUSCH: Whistleblower David Grusch refused to meet with Pentagon UFO office FOIA Documents Reveal AARO’s Authorized and Repeated Attempts to Engage with David Grusch

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  • In January 2023, a U.S. military pilot reported an encounter with a group of unusual objects flying in a diamond formation over the Gulf of Mexico near Eglin Air Force Base. The incident, which eventually came to the attention of Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, became a matter of public record after Gaetz discussed it during a Congressional hearing in the summer of 2023.

    Now, the DoD's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office has released its official report on the incident, claiming the case has now been resolved. However, there are several problems with AARO's analysis, and this week on The Micah Hanks Program, we dive into all of the issues that present rationale for why there may be unresolved questions about this alleged UAP incident.

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    NEWS: US to test ground beef in states with bird-flu outbreaks in dairy cows Contact with Non-Human Intelligence of the Aquatic Kind: Will Extraterrestrials be Next?
    A Stunning New AI Has Supposedly Achieved Sentience EGLIN UAP INCIDENT: AARO's official Tweet about the Eglin UAP Incident Matt Gaetz responds Matt Gaetz Details Shocking UAP Evidence That 'I And I Alone Have Observed' Congressman Provides Account of Military UAP Image That He Says Matches No “Human Capability” UAP Incident Over the Gulf of Mexico Confirmed in Newly Declassified Files and Images AARO Has Only “Moderate Confidence” in Findings From Latest UAP Investigation. It’s Easy to See Why.

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