The Micah Hanks Program

This week on The Gralien Report, it’s been an interesting week for spaceflight, as reports of NASA’s “flying saucer” and the new experimental LightSail programs have dominated headlines. But while the media is focused on the future of space flight, we step back and look at the past as well, and theories about whether the Nazis had been close to getting their own space program off the ground. Is there any legitimacy to the claims, or is this purely an instance of modern conspiracy folklore? Then in hour two, on the subject of folklore, Joshua Cutchin joins us to discuss his latest book, A Trojan Feast, which outlines the curious ties between food offerings and nonhuman encounters in legends from around the world. Joshua brings many interesting aspects of this phenomenon into question, such as the parallels between myths involving fairies giving food to their captives, and similarities that emerge in modern claims associated with alien abductions. Want More From The Gralien Report? For more from The Gralien Report, consider signing up for Gralien X. It’s just $7 a month for a subscription to a host of additional content that includes Gralien Enigmas, as well as additional weekly shows and much more. Subscribe today!

This week on The Gralien Report, as the “Contact in the Desert” event is ongoing at Joshua Tree, Micah gets a live update on the proceedings from Jake Anderson of The Ghost Diaries, who was in attendance. Among the weekend lectures were Richard Dolan, who discussed his views on false flag operations, as well as black budgets and UFOs; elsewhere, Nick Redfern lectured on the “Golden Era” of Contactees from the 1950s, and why government officials became interested in the subject, and its proponents during this odd period in history. Then in hour two, broadening the discussion about “Contactees”, Vance Pollock joins Micah in studio, and live via California we are joined by Greg Bishop of Radio Mysterioso, for a wide-reaching discussion of the era, and the mindset behind it. Vance talks about his fascination with the Contactee movement’s origins within the writing of the infamous American occultist and Nazi supporter William Dudley Pelley, while Greg fills out the details about how spiritualism overlapped with the Contactee movement, as well as some of the more esoteric tidbits about the characters involved. Want more from The Gralien Report? Sign up today for Gralien X, where you’ll get additional weekly shows, as well as monthly specials like Gralien Enigmas and Crypto X. It’s all just $7 a month, making it one of the best values in the alternative podcasting community.

This week on The Gralien Report, as the “Contact in the Desert” event is ongoing at Joshua Tree, Micah gets a live update on the proceedings from Jake Anderson of The Ghost Diaries, who was in attendance. Among the weekend lectures were Richard Dolan, who discussed his views on false flag operations, as well as black budgets and UFOs; elsewhere, Nick Redfern lectured on the “Golden Era” of Contactees from the 1950s, and why government officials became interested in the subject, and its proponents during this odd period in history. Then in hour two, broadening the discussion about “Contactees”, Vance Pollock joins Micah in studio, and live via California we are joined by Greg Bishop of Radio Mysterioso, for a wide-reaching discussion of the era, and the mindset behind it. Vance talks about his fascination with the Contactee movement’s origins within the writing of the infamous American occultist and Nazi supporter William Dudley Pelley, while Greg fills out the details about how spiritualism overlapped with the Contactee movement, as well as some of the more esoteric tidbits about the characters involved. Want more from The Gralien Report? Sign up today for Gralien X, where you’ll get additional weekly shows, as well as monthly specials like Gralien Enigmas and Crypto X. It’s all just $7 a month, making it one of the best values in the alternative podcasting community.

This week on The Gralien Report, we celebrate Memorial Day in the bunker as we examine the discovery of new stars in deep space, in addition to taking time to reflect on the life of the late John Nash, upon whose life the film A Beautiful Mind was based. This leads us into a discussion of how forms of mental illness may actually, at times, inspire or spur creativity, as Nash once wrote of his own battles with schizophrenia. Altered states of consciousness and mystical experiences related to them are also discussed in this context, as we examine famous individuals in history who, like Nash, also experienced strange, visionary occurrences, such as science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick. We also took a moment to discuss the so called “Carolina Chupacabra” that Micah observed near Asheville, NC on Memorial Day. Well, we knew it was a fox… but we’re waiting to see how long before the image is grabbed by another website calling it a “mystery beast”… have a look: Want more from the Gralien Report? Follow The Gralien Report on Twitter, and Like Us on Facebook. For more from The Boys in the Bunker, consider a subscription to Gralien X, which features additional weekly podcasts, monthly Gralien Enigmas, and more fine content (time travel apparatus not included).

This week on The Gralien Report, we celebrate Memorial Day in the bunker as we examine the discovery of new stars in deep space, in addition to taking time to reflect on the life of the late John Nash, upon whose life the film A Beautiful Mind was based. This leads us into a discussion of how forms of mental illness may actually, at times, inspire or spur creativity, as Nash once wrote of his own battles with schizophrenia. Altered states of consciousness and mystical experiences related to them are also discussed in this context, as we examine famous individuals in history who, like Nash, also experienced strange, visionary occurrences, such as science fiction writer Phillip K. Dick. We also took a moment to discuss the so called “Carolina Chupacabra” that Micah observed near Asheville, NC on Memorial Day. Well, we knew it was a fox… but we’re waiting to see how long before the image is grabbed by another website calling it a “mystery beast”… have a look: Want more from the Gralien Report? Follow The Gralien Report on Twitter, and Like Us on Facebook. For more from The Boys in the Bunker, consider a subscription to Gralien X, which features additional weekly podcasts, monthly Gralien Enigmas, and more fine content (time travel apparatus not included).

This week on The Gralien Report, the investigation into the recent Amtrak derailment has taken an interesting turn, with the NTSB and FBI probing the possibility that the train — and possibly two others — were struck by projectiles before the accident. We also take a moment to catch up with Greg Newkirk of Week in Weird, who shares a frightening experience he had in Ohio that has him rethinking his previous feelings about the Paranormal. Then in hour two, is time travel possible? We step outside the space-time continuum, and enter an in-depth discussion about space-time and fourth-dimensional travel, and how science thinks it may be possible to time travel under Einstein’s principles outlined in the Theory of Relativity. Is there a chance humans may one day traverse time as simply as we can travel to points on the globe in the present day? Meanwhile, some claim we may have already succeeded with time travel, and that evidence can be found in various films, photographs, and odd incidents reported throughout history. How do these reports stand up to scrutiny, and what does time travel have to do with subjects like unexplained phenomena? Furthermore, what did the late Carl Sagan have to say about this subject, and how time travel may relate to concepts even as strange as UFOs? Want more from the Gralien Report? Follow The Gralien Report on Twitter, and Like Us on Facebook. For more from The Boys in the Bunker, consider a subscription to Gralien X, which features additional weekly podcasts, monthly Gralien Enigmas, and more fine content (time travel apparatus not included).

This week on The Gralien Report, the investigation into the recent Amtrak derailment has taken an interesting turn, with the NTSB and FBI probing the possibility that the train — and possibly two others — were struck by projectiles before the accident. We also take a moment to catch up with Greg Newkirk of Week in Weird, who shares a frightening experience he had in Ohio that has him rethinking his previous feelings about the Paranormal. Then in hour two, is time travel possible? We step outside the space-time continuum, and enter an in-depth discussion about space-time and fourth-dimensional travel, and how science thinks it may be possible to time travel under Einstein’s principles outlined in the Theory of Relativity. Is there a chance humans may one day traverse time as simply as we can travel to points on the globe in the present day? Meanwhile, some claim we may have already succeeded with time travel, and that evidence can be found in various films, photographs, and odd incidents reported throughout history. How do these reports stand up to scrutiny, and what does time travel have to do with subjects like unexplained phenomena? Furthermore, what did the late Carl Sagan have to say about this subject, and how time travel may relate to concepts even as strange as UFOs? Want more from the Gralien Report? Follow The Gralien Report on Twitter, and Like Us on Facebook. For more from The Boys in the Bunker, consider a subscription to Gralien X, which features additional weekly podcasts, monthly Gralien Enigmas, and more fine content (time travel apparatus not included).

This week on The Gralien Report, we’re all just about tired of hearing about the so-called “Roswell Slides”, and so as our final word on the matter, we feature a complete discussion of what happened, how it all fell apart, and what we can learn from it in the aftermath. A friend of the program, researcher and filmmaker Paul Kimball, was one of the operative members of the Roswell Slides Research Group, who helped determine the origins of the mummy depicted in the images. Paul joins us in hour two of the program to discuss the need for better judgement and discernment in the field of UFO studies. If you enjoyed this program, consider following more of our work with a Gralien X subscription. Follow the Gralien gang online with Twitter and Facebook.

This week on The Gralien Report, we’re all just about tired of hearing about the so-called “Roswell Slides”, and so as our final word on the matter, we feature a complete discussion of what happened, how it all fell apart, and what we can learn from it in the aftermath. A friend of the program, researcher and filmmaker Paul Kimball, was one of the operative members of the Roswell Slides Research Group, who helped determine the origins of the mummy depicted in the images. Paul joins us in hour two of the program to discuss the need for better judgement and discernment in the field of UFO studies. If you enjoyed this program, consider following more of our work with a Gralien X subscription. Follow the Gralien gang online with Twitter and Facebook.

This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, it’s Star Wars Day, so “May the Fourth be with you!” And speaking of Star Wars and aliens, how about this “Alien” worm in a viral video that’s sweeping the web… we’ll tell you why it’s the real deal, and how science may, in fact, recognize it as a rare kind of worm with an unusual way of feeding. We’ll also spend a bit of time discussing people who have almost miraculously survived incredible falls, following Micah’s own recent close call, which has him thinking (of course) about Missing 411 cases of people who vanish in wilderness areas. Then in hour two, is science really as reliable as it is often made out to be, especially when it comes to claims of unusual happenings? Podcaster and author Alex Tsakiris joins us to discuss his new book, Why Science is Wrong… About Almost Everything. It’s a bold statement indeed, and during this insightful discussion, Alex tells us why he feels strongly that it’s true. You can learn more about Alex and his work at his website, Skeptikos, and you can purchase his book here. Follow The Gralien Report on Twitter, and Like Us on Facebook. For more from The Boys in the Bunker, consider a subscription to Gralien X, which features additional weekly podcasts, monthly Gralien Enigmas, and more fine content.

This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, it’s Star Wars Day, so “May the Fourth be with you!” And speaking of Star Wars and aliens, how about this “Alien” worm in a viral video that’s sweeping the web… we’ll tell you why it’s the real deal, and how science may, in fact, recognize it as a rare kind of worm with an unusual way of feeding. We’ll also spend a bit of time discussing people who have almost miraculously survived incredible falls, following Micah’s own recent close call, which has him thinking (of course) about Missing 411 cases of people who vanish in wilderness areas. Then in hour two, is science really as reliable as it is often made out to be, especially when it comes to claims of unusual happenings? Podcaster and author Alex Tsakiris joins us to discuss his new book, Why Science is Wrong… About Almost Everything. It’s a bold statement indeed, and during this insightful discussion, Alex tells us why he feels strongly that it’s true. You can learn more about Alex and his work at his website, Skeptikos, and you can purchase his book here. Follow The Gralien Report on Twitter, and Like Us on Facebook. For more from The Boys in the Bunker, consider a subscription to Gralien X, which features additional weekly podcasts, monthly Gralien Enigmas, and more fine content.

This week on The Gralien Report, the gang examines controversies in medical science trending in the news, which include China’s controversial work with human embryos, as well as the purported “viral hoax” surrounding the Russian man who has nominated himself for the first human head transplant onto a surrogate body. Then in hour two, with recent news of a purported UFO seen hovering next to a Chilean volcano, imaging specialist Marc D’Antonio joins us to try and explain what we’re actually seeing. Then we shift gears and look at the concerns over a tremendous reservoir of magma located beneath Yellowstone National Park… could this dormant “supervolcano” beneath America’s soil ever present a huge problem for the U.S.? Here are links to a few stories we discussed this week:  Intercept Reports on Possible ISIS Attack on US over the weekend Farmer discovers incredible dinosaur fossils on his property while weed-killing Idaho earthquake cluster a real mystery Mention of the recent Nepal Earthquake (with audio and Red Cross support drive for aid) Chinese Scientists successfully modify human embryos… and raise ethical questions Is the world’s first head transplant linked with a video game viral marketing campaign? Chile’s Calbuco volcano covers town of Ensenada in ash Calbuco Volcano: Giant Human-Like Figure Rises God-Like In Smoke And Ash Of Eruption Scientists find huge magma reservoir in Yellowstone ‘supervolcano’ FEARS: Russian analyst purportedly discusses “blowing Yellowstone” with nukes Marc D’Antonio, chief imaging expert with MUFON,  joins us to discuss the purported ‘UFO’ seen in the video above. Enjoy the show? Join us for more from beyond the bunker each week with a subscription to Gralien X, where you’ll be able to get access to additional weekly shows, monthly specials like Gralien Enigmas and Crypto X, and more. Follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.    

This week on The Gralien Report, the gang examines controversies in medical science trending in the news, which include China’s controversial work with human embryos, as well as the purported “viral hoax” surrounding the Russian man who has nominated himself for the first human head transplant onto a surrogate body. Then in hour two, with recent news of a purported UFO seen hovering next to a Chilean volcano, imaging specialist Marc D’Antonio joins us to try and explain what we’re actually seeing. Then we shift gears and look at the concerns over a tremendous reservoir of magma located beneath Yellowstone National Park… could this dormant “supervolcano” beneath America’s soil ever present a huge problem for the U.S.? Here are links to a few stories we discussed this week:  Intercept Reports on Possible ISIS Attack on US over the weekend Farmer discovers incredible dinosaur fossils on his property while weed-killing Idaho earthquake cluster a real mystery Mention of the recent Nepal Earthquake (with audio and Red Cross support drive for aid) Chinese Scientists successfully modify human embryos… and raise ethical questions Is the world’s first head transplant linked with a video game viral marketing campaign? Chile’s Calbuco volcano covers town of Ensenada in ash Calbuco Volcano: Giant Human-Like Figure Rises God-Like In Smoke And Ash Of Eruption Scientists find huge magma reservoir in Yellowstone ‘supervolcano’ FEARS: Russian analyst purportedly discusses “blowing Yellowstone” with nukes Marc D’Antonio, chief imaging expert with MUFON,  joins us to discuss the purported ‘UFO’ seen in the video above. Enjoy the show? Join us for more from beyond the bunker each week with a subscription to Gralien X, where you’ll be able to get access to additional weekly shows, monthly specials like Gralien Enigmas and Crypto X, and more. Follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.    

This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, evidence of pre-Columbus trade is discovered in an ancient Alaskan house, and female chimps observed crafting and wielding spears to stab their prey make us rethink age-old ideas, the likes of which we see in science fiction films like “Planet of the Apes”. Then in hour two, we spend time looking at the conspiracy theories that are emerging around a big military operation taking place this summer… right here in America. What does it have to do with Walmart, and why are some people suspicious about five Walmart stores closing for supposed “plumbing issues”? Tunnels, Walmart closings, and Jade Helm 15 conspiracies will all be examined, as we attempt to offer a more “sane” perspective. Join us for more from beyond the bunker each week with a subscription to Gralien X, where you’ll be able to get access to additional weekly shows, monthly specials like Gralien Enigmas and Crypto X, and more. Follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.  

This week on The Gralien Report Podcast, evidence of pre-Columbus trade is discovered in an ancient Alaskan house, and female chimps observed crafting and wielding spears to stab their prey make us rethink age-old ideas, the likes of which we see in science fiction films like “Planet of the Apes”. Then in hour two, we spend time looking at the conspiracy theories that are emerging around a big military operation taking place this summer… right here in America. What does it have to do with Walmart, and why are some people suspicious about five Walmart stores closing for supposed “plumbing issues”? Tunnels, Walmart closings, and Jade Helm 15 conspiracies will all be examined, as we attempt to offer a more “sane” perspective. Join us for more from beyond the bunker each week with a subscription to Gralien X, where you’ll be able to get access to additional weekly shows, monthly specials like Gralien Enigmas and Crypto X, and more. Follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.