The Micah Hanks Program

On this week’s edition of The Gralien Report, stories trending in the news of science and the unusual include a new report on a 2016 discovery, involving a two-headed fawn found in a Minnesota forest. Elsewhere, a mysterious, and seemingly hairy mass of rotting tissue known as a “Globster” has washed ashore in the Philippines, leaving 

This week on The Gralien Report… as Hawaii continues to be rocked by a historic earthquake, we look at the damage, and the dangers many Hawaiians are facing (for those willing to send support, please consider sending donations or supporting in other ways: You can donate directly to Hawaii’s volcano disaster relief efforts here, or by c

This week on The Gralien Report, we begin this week’s foray discussing the odd reasons NASA may have abruptly canceled its Lunar-Resources Mission, despite a current push by the U.S. to return to the moon. Will we be going back again in the future, and if so, when? Elsewhere, the world’s oldest-k

This week on The Gralien Report, Micah and Mr. Oakley open the show with some spirited discussion about belief, bias, and attitudes towards subjects that are deemed “unexplained,” or which are often called conspiracy theories. Most importantly, how do language and the media shape people’s ideas about these subjects, and are they unfairly marginalized in at least some cases? Then getting to the news, the recent appearance of a mysterious group of circles in the ice of the Arctic Oc

This week on The Gralien Report, a village in northeastern America has been experiencing hundreds of unexplained earthquakes since 2016, with nearly 20 having occurred within just the last month. Elsewhere, Frank Bunger of the new Aurora Space Hotel wants to make space “accessible to everyone”…. for a mere $9.5 million dollars. Also, a group of psychologists are now saying that SETI may have faulty methods of contacting alien life… and if so, what does that mean for us here on Earth?

This week on The Gralien Report, we look at news about a new MIT computer system that transcribes words users “speak silently,” as well as the discovery of a prehistoric ‘Sea Monster’ that experts think may be the largest that ever lived. Elsewhere, the DHS is saying that they’ve detecting apparent “anomalous signals” that seem to indicate rogue spy devices right now in the D.C metro. And heading further south, the discovery of new Nasca Lines found in the Peruvian deser

This week on The Gralien Report, the long-awaited fall of the Chinese space lab has occurred, as it burned up during re-entry over the Pacific Ocean during the weekend. Elsewhere, scientists have found an all-new organ within the human body, and across the globe on an icy Russian island, 27 pairs of severed human hands have washed up on one beach, prompting concerns about a possible serial killer or other unsettling activity. Meanwhile in the UK, Derbyshire’s “Ghost Plane” has been in the news

On this edition of The Gralien Report, why were FBI agents recently spotted in the forest near Pittsburg, and what did their presence have to do with a legend about lost Civil War gold? Also, a report out of Anatolia, Turkey tells of how concrete was recently poured over parts of the famous Gobekli Tepe archaeological site… and many aren’t pleased about it. Also, what was the mysterious object seen over Phoenix, Arizona recently, and why wasn’t it able to be detected on radar? Then

This week on The Gralien Report, as Micah returns from recent archaeological adventures in the Southeast, we’re eager to report on how scientists have recently discovered new evidence that Homo sapiens interbred with a mysterious group of hominids known as the Denisovans. While on the subject of the Denisovans and mystery hominid species, we can’t help but wonder about how this discussion might relate to anecdotal reports and folklore surrounding the legendary Sasquatch in North American mytho

This week on The Gralien Report, we kick things off with the discussion of a rare substance from deep below the Earth which was recently found for the first time in a stable form above ground… trapped within a diamond. Also, a woman strolling along a West Australian beach recently discovered a nice looking vintage bottle, which contained what may be the oldest message in a bottle found in recent memory. Elsewhere, another discovery on a beach long ago has been revealed to have likely been the remain

This week on The Gralien Report, we begin our discussion of news pertaining to unusual science stories this week with a woman whose rare “birthmark” led to a unique discovery: that she is technically her own twin. We also examine an eerie scene that unfolded recently over downtown Milwaukee, which was captured on camera. Micah has an idea about what it may have been… is there a prosaic explanation. Elsewhere, A once top-secret US Military base will soon be revealed, as Greenland’s I

This week on The Gralien Report, new discoveries are raising questions about whether our universe is expanding at the rate scientists once thought… and this discrepancy raises questions about the nature of our universe. Elsewhere, “Physicist of the Impossible” Michio Kaku recently commented on alien life and the possibility that we may come face-to-face with it within the next century. Other questions include what these life forms will look like, and of course, the ever-present concern o

This week on The Gralien Report, with all of the recent news pushing back human presence and migrations out of Africa to much earlier times, it is only fitting that the same would be done with plants, as one recent study shows. Then in a surprising update to a story covered late last year on the program, a “mystery aircraft” seen over Oregon in one of the most unusual aviation incidents in modern history has seen a reboot, following newly released FOIA materials from the FAA, NORAD, and other

This week on The Gralien Report, news of an exciting new expedition to the Antarctic plans to study evidence of ancient ecospheres that were revealed when a large iceberg broke free from the southernmost continent last year. This reminds us of the long-held debate over the disovery of Anarctica, and famous maps like the controversial Piri Reis map, studied by Charled Hapgood in the 1960s. Meanwhile, SpaceX is winning the modern space race with the successful launch of one of their newest rockets… whi

This week on The Gralien Report, we kick off the program with a story that sounds very much like a chapter from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, only further south… where a truck driver spent his Saturday tearing into through a portion of Peru’s Nazca Lines. Also, recent evidence suggests there was a massive fire that scorched much of the Earth 12,900 years ago, roughly coinciding with a mini-ice age called the Younger Dryas. We discuss this, as well as concerning news about the eventuality of a