The Micah Hanks Program

After an unusual series of earthquakes shook the west coast over the last few days, we lead off this week with a look at why some scientists think they’re a bit out of the ordinary (even for an area like Southern California). Also in recent news, President Donald Trump recently addressed the ongoing reports of UFOs by Navy pilots, which one former MI5 employee, Nick Pope, called “refreshing.” However, has anything of substance actually been said on the issue, either by this administration, or those in years past? Then later in the program, we devote a lengthy discussion to one of the most famous–and controversial–home movies ever to be made: the famous Patterson-Gimlin film of 1967, which purportedly depicts a female sasquatch walking near Bluff Creek, California. While debate has raged over the authenticity of the film and its alleged subject for more than half a century, a recent 4K enhancement was uploaded by YouTube user “Bigfoot AI”, which provides some striking new clarity and details. It is only the latest in a long series of digital enhancements that have occurred over the years, but is there truly anything new we can glean about the film, and its controversial subject, after all this time? Whether or not the Patterson-Gimlin film will offer final “proof” of the existence of Sasquatch, perhaps the most compelling thing about it has been the fact that it has never been conclusively proven to be a hoax… although that’s not to say that there are no problems with the story. We take a deep look at the controversy, and the story behind the film, on this edition of the program. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

This week on The Gralien Report we lead off in advance of Fourth of July with a discussion about one of Micah’s favorite films from childhood: Independence Day, starring Will Smith and Bill Pullman. The discussion of Area 51 and claims of alien crash retrievals can’t be had these days without mention of the most famous alleged employee at S4, Bob Lazar, whose strange life experiences were the recent subject of a documentary. We also touch on how an asteroid early warning system detected a near-miss over the weekend, which happens to coincide with the anniversary of the famous Tunguska Event of 1908… but is this purely a coincidence? There are reasons to suspect that it’s not… finally, we are joined by guest Susan Masino, a rock ‘n’ roll journalist who has chronicled the history of the famous Australian rockers AC/DC since their early days, as well as the Hank Williams family and other institutions in the history of popular music. Susan is also the author of the book The Secrets of the Universe, and she joins us to discuss her many stories of unusual experiences and strange coincidences. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

This week, we lead off with big news from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, who is launching a new atomic clock into space on a Falcon Heavy rocket… how can a clock in space make future travel to other planets more effective? We also look at several stories of odd and out-of-place animals, as well as the most recent footage obtained of a giant squid in U.S. coastal waters, and a new study where grey seals were taught to sing… and even learned the Star Wars theme song. Then in hour two, we celebrate the anniversary of the sighting that put “flying saucers” on the map… even though the sighting didn’t really involve objects of this description. Kenneth Arnold became the first high-profile UFO witness on June 24, 1947, after he claimed that he observed a fleet of objects moving at incredible speed over Mount Rainier, Washington. But what did Arnold really see during that fateful solo-flight over the northwest, and more importantly, how have the variety of descriptions of it that appeared over the years shaped attitudes about the modern UFO enigma? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

This week on The Gralien Report, a mystery surrounds a famous tree that inspired one of the beloved children’s book author Dr. Seuss’s most famous titles… elsewhere, a swarm of earthquakes has been occurring around the United States, rattling residents from California to Ohio; but do tremblors also portend trouble in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park? Maybe not… and we look at all the reasons why. Then later in the program, after an update on Florida’s alleged “Skunk Ape,” the legendary Irish conservationist and former big game hunter Peter Byrne joins us, who devoted decades of his life to the search for Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest. Byrne chimes in about the “story behind the story” of the FBI recently releasing their files on Bigfoot. Then in the second hour, after offering a resolution to a missing person incident, we shift our attention to recent statements by Donald Trump that he had had a “short meeting” about UFOs in the Oval Office. While there has been much speculation about the nature of this “briefing,” former senator Harry Reid recently spoke in defense of Luis Elizondo, a former DoD employee who says he was the head of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which studied UFOs for several years. We look at these, and other updates this week on the podcast. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

On this special edition of The Gralien Report, after touching on news stories that include a significant report that was leaked by news services in Canada recently on missing Indigenous women and children, we then turn our attention to a case that has long held our fascination, involving the disappearance of a small boy in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 1969. Dennis Lloyd Martin was six-years-old at the time of his disappearance, and vanished while camping with his family at the Spence Field Shelter in near Cades Cove. Despite a search effort that would prove to be the largest in National Park Service history, searchers were unable to find Dennis Martin, nor any clear indication of what might have happened to him. During a recent visit to the rugged mountains where Martin vanished 50 years ago, Micah and his colleague Jason visited the location where Dennis was last seen and noted several key elements about the location with relevance to the case, and how it has been reported over the years. Are there still things we can learn about a “cold case” like this even half a century later? Then in the second hour, we are joined by Michael Bouchard, author of the book Forever Searching: Lost in the Smoky Mountains (1969 Cold Case File Dennis Lloyd Martin). Bouchard has more than three decades of experience in law enforcement and has been involved in numerous investigations of missing person cases. He brings his knowledge and experience to the discussion, as we discuss one of the most perplexing disappearances ever to have occurred in our National Parks. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

This week on The Gralien Report, a mysterious object was recently filmed in the skies over China, prompting discussion of unidentified flying objects from its state-sponsored media… meanwhile here in the United States, the ongoing debate over UAP, what they could be, and how best to study them continues. However, the big story in the news this week arrives courtesy of The Intercept, in a piece by journalist Keith Kloor that raises a number of questions about former AATIP chief Luis Elizondo, the star of the new History Channel series Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation. Was Elizondo indeed the chief of the Pentagon’s unidentified aerial phenomenon study group, as he says he was? Joining us to discuss this is our friend and correspondent Lt. Tim McMillan, who was quoted in the recent piece at The Intercept, and who offers his own insights on the state of affairs pertaining to the ongoing saga of the Pentagon’s study of UFOs. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah is going viral after Tweeting about the New York Times, who recently offered a special report on the ongoing UAP enigma in an article co-written by journalist Leslie Kean. We spend the duration of the program delving into the story and looking at a variety of contrasting views in the American media pertaining to it. Stories covered on this week’s podcast include the following: * New York Times: The Latest in the ongoing New York Times UAP Saga * The Drive: F/A-18 Pilots Disclose Recent UAP Encounters, New Radar Tech Key In Detection * NY Post: The Pentagon finally admits it investigates UFOs The UAP enigma remains among the most baffling mysteries of modern times… are we any closer to unraveling this mystery? We delve into this, and other questions on this week’s edition of The Gralien Report.  Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

On this edition of The Gralien Report, we remember the life and work of celebrated UFO advocate and nuclear physicist, Stanton Friedman, whose life’s work had been to speak before audiences all over the world on the subject of UFOs, and why he believed science should approach the subject seriously. We also touch on the recent commentary by one former USAF Science Advisor, who described in an op-ed piece the varieties of ways that science and technology might help the U.S. Navy and other military branches study unusual objects in our skies. Elsewhere, Chris Mellon of the To the Stars Academy has also written a piece for The Hill, in which he makes the case that Congress needs to study UFOs, and reveal their findings to the public. Finally, we then feature a “classic” interview Micah conducted with Stanton Friedman a number of years ago, in which he touches on many different aspects of his long-held interest in the subject to which he devoted years of study. Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

This week on The Gralien Report, a mysterious and ancient life form was recently discovered in a swamp in North Carolina, which causes us to wonder about other claims of odd animal life from the area in years past. We also look at recent news in the way of ancient mysteries, which includes a check in with geoarchaeologist Christopher Moore, who presents new findings from South America in relation to an ancient impact that might have occurred over the Americas. Finally, what is the deepest hole ever dug by humankind, and how is it related to an odd recording that appeared on late-night radio many years ago? In the second hour, we turn our attention to a recent incident which occurred along the Appalachian Trail, which reminds Micah of a personal experience he had many years ago in our National Forests, as well as famous disappearances that have occurred there. However, when it comes to unusual cases of missing persons, there is perhaps none more famous than the disappearance aviator Amelia Earhart. However, what led one group of investigators to describe an unusual lead in the disappearance with the codename “Nessie”? We look at all this, and more on this week’s Gralien Report Podcast.  Here are links to stories covered on this week’s podcast: * In NC swamp, researcher finds tree older than Christianity * Hams Help Trace “Mystery” Signal Disrupting Keyless Entry Devices in Ohio * French village offers reward to anyone who can decode ‘mystery’ rock inscription * King Tut’s Sisters Took the Throne Before He Did, Controversial Claim Says * The deepest hole we have ever dug * Man arrested in deadly machete attack on Appalachian Trail hikers * Was Earhart’s Plane Wreckage Photographed in 1937? Join us and become a member of Gralien X for more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of Gralien Enigmas, in addition to weekly installments of the “additional edition”, the Gralien X Podcast. You can also“Like” us on Facebook, or sign up to follow us on Twitter: @MicahHanks @Gralien Report

This week, in addition to science news we look at the Abominable Snowman, a creature many allege to be more myth than monster, along with several of the most unusual cases involving alleged encounters with them.

This week, in addition to news we look at a recent statement by the U.S. Navy, announcing new protocols and procedures for UFO sightings, and renewed efforts to document such reports.

This week Timothy McMillan joins us to discuss FOIA documents that provide details on an FBI raid and other claims made by Bob Lazar, one of the most controversial figures in modern UFO studi

This week we are joined by Daniel Lieberman, M.D. and Michael Long, authors of the book The Molecule of More, which discusses the ways that dopamine affects our behavior an

This week we are joined by Michael P. Masters, Ph.D., a professor of biological anthropology and author of the new book "Identified Flying Objects: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the UFO Phenomenon."

This week, we look at some of the best April Fools Day hoaxes throughout history, especially those with paranormal themes involving mystery beasts, UFOs, and other oddities.