The Micah Hanks Program

This week we look at the rich traditions of cryptozoology in America, which has led to "Cryptotourism", a new travel trend where people visit destinations and festivals themed around famous monsters in American folklore.

This week in addition to news, we look at new evidence for an ancient cataclysm, and why understanding it could mean life or death for the future of humanity.

This week in addition to news of the crypto-kind, we look back at vintage reports of "sea serpents" in America's coastal waters... were these cases of mistaken identity, hoaxes, or could they have involved an actual sea creature that remains unknown to science?

This week, along with UFO news we look at the controversy surrounding a "$21 trillion question" concerning money that is reportedly missing from defense spending and other areas of the U.S. government.

This week we are joined by Lt. Tim McMillan, a retired law enforcement officer in Savannah, Georgia who has studied psychology in relation to the unexplained for a number of years.

This week we are joined by Randall Carlson, as we look at the evidence for an impact hypothesis underlying the Younger Dryas, a cold-reversal period that occurred approximately 12,700 years ago.

This week we are joined by Haley Zega, who tells her remarkable story of being lost in the Arkansas wilderness for nearly three days in the spring of 2001 when she was just six-years-old.

This week we are joined by author Rod Pyle, a space reporter and author of several books, including his new "Interplanetary Robots: True Stories of Space Exploration."

This week we look at the rescue of a young boy after 48 hours alone in the Eastern NC wilderness, who says a "bear" kept him company during the ordeal.

This week we are joined by Alejandro Rojas for a discussion about a new FOIA release pertaining to the mysterious Pentagon AATIP UFO study, as well as the famous U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book.

This week we discuss the curious story of directed energy weapons Jeff Hecht, author of "Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon."

This week's podcast explores the mystery of consciousness and theories about its nature with researcher Mark Gober, author of the book "An End to Upside Down Thinking."

This week we discuss the probe recently sent to the far side of the moon by China, as well as claims of "lost civilizations, and the books and television shows that promote them.

This week on The Gralien Report, the old song “Run Run Rudolph” takes on a whole new meaning as we hear about a Christmas robbery gone wrong; also, we take a minute to reflect on NORAD’s tradition of Santa-tracking around the Christmas holiday. And speaking of things in the skies, what was the mysterious illumination seen in the skies over California recently? The National Weather Service thinks they have an answer… we also commemorate the 50th anniversary of the intrepid Apollo 8 m

On this edition of the podcast, we lead off with some seasonally-themed news in relation to the holidays, along with some questions about A.I., as a Google company has announced that one of its artificially intelligent programs is beginning to show human-like “intuition.” Then, turning our attention to the natural world, what is behind the formation of the famous “Mima Mounds,” a series of strange mound formations that are found in various parts of the world? The theories of geologis