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Flying Saucers in '47: 75 Years of the UFO Mystery | MHP 06.22.22.

The Micah Hanks Program

Micah Hanks

Society & Culture, Science

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

On June 24, 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold was flying over Mount Rainier Washington when he observed a group of unusual flying objects that he could not identify. Sharing news of his sighting when he landed shortly afterward, Arnold's account soon made it into American newspapers, and even came to the attention of the United States government. In short, the era of the "Flying Saucer" had begun, giving rise to one of the most controverisal topics in recent history: unidentified flying objects.

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Arnold's sighting, we are joined by author and historian Charles Lear, whose new book, The Flying Saucer Investigators, chronicles the history of the researchers who went in search of answers to this enduring mystery of the space age.

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0:00.0

News, science, the unexplained space in the cosmos, exploring our past, our future, and

0:08.7

the mysteries of our universe, taking a critical look at reality and a journey to the edges

0:14.4

of human understanding.

0:16.2

The future is now, this is Micahanks.

0:23.0

From the high mountains of Appalachia in a bunker below ground, welcome one and all.

0:27.2

It is the Micahanks program glad, as always, to be getting behind the microphone, getting

0:31.5

into gear, and of course, going in pursuit of the endigmatic as we do every week.

0:38.1

Right here on the program, listen on demand via podcasting apps in every pocket, and of

0:42.4

course, streaming online via our station affiliates at the UNEX radio network.

0:47.7

Hope you guys are all doing great, and of course we've got a lot to cover this week.

0:53.1

So not to be outdone, as NASA announces it will be studying UAP later this year, guess

1:00.4

who has decided to jump in on that game?

1:03.2

I'll tell you all about that, as well as why some researchers think that some people

1:08.4

can hear the voices of the dead.

1:11.0

His science closing in on this mystery, I'll tell you, one scientist recently came out,

1:16.1

talking about UAP and his involvement in the government's investigations into this.

1:21.3

He's a fellow I've spent a lot of time with in recent days, more on that in a bit as

1:25.8

well as an update on the summer of the saucers.

1:29.4

Some very meaningful commentary from my pal Bryce Zabel on this historic week, because

1:35.8

yes indeed, this week, right now, marks the 75th anniversary of when the flying saucer

1:44.6

craze of 1947 actually began.

1:48.2

It's hard to believe in fact that it's been 75 years, and that in another 25, it will

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