Incident Over El Paso: Laser Weapons, Drones, & UAP Claims | MHP 02.17.26.
The Micah Hanks Program
Micah Hanks
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🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
This week, following an unusual situation that erupted in the skies over El Paso, Texas, last week that placed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on high alert, the U.S. Department of Defense revealed the recent testing of a new counter-drone laser weapon that was reportedly deployed to neutralize a security threat at the U.S. southern border. However, as further reporting has revealed, it seems there was more to this story... and of course, plenty of UAP speculation involving alleged sightings of aerial objects in American airspace.
This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at this alarming incident, what we know, and also its similarities to events in 2023 that resulted in the shoot-downs of several "unidentified aerial objects" over North America. Finally, what can we learn from a deeper look at the history of similar incidents involving alleged UFOs from over the decades?
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Show Notes
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- NEWS: Nick Pope Announcement
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| 0:00.0 | Reports of unidentified flying objects. |
| 0:07.0 | Unidentified aerial phenomena. |
| 0:10.0 | Are they secret weapons being tested by our own or foreign governments? |
| 0:13.0 | The American people are becoming most interested and in many instances very alarmed by the UFO stories. |
| 0:19.0 | So why do you suppose that all of this has been |
| 0:21.9 | kept from the world? Exploring our past, our future, and the mysteries of our universe. Where do they |
| 0:28.2 | come from? Why can't you explain it? Everybody in uthology is screaming for disclosure. The future |
| 0:33.5 | is now. This is Micahanks. From the high mountains of Appalachia in a bunker below ground. Welcome one and all. It is the Micahanks program. Glad once again to be getting behind the microphone and going in pursuit of the anomalous in our existence, as we do each week, listen on demand via podcasting apps everywhere and courtesy of our friends at the UnX Radio Network. |
| 0:58.0 | I hope everyone is well out there. |
| 1:00.1 | A happy President's Day to you, at least as of the day I am behind the microphone, |
| 1:04.5 | and we'll have a bit of an update on the latest news, a bit of buzz involving UFOs and alien speculations, involving U.S. presidents here for our opening news, a bit of buzz involving UFOs and alien speculations involving U.S. presidents here for our |
| 1:14.5 | opening news segment, and that in advance of a full breakdown regarding what happened in the |
| 1:21.4 | skies above El Paso last week. This is one of those weird stories that combines a number of elements. |
| 1:29.8 | Government secrecy, an actual military experimental technology being tested in the skies, |
| 1:35.7 | and yes, the inevitable UFO speculation. |
| 1:39.0 | I want to try and understand really what was going on, what led to the UFO speculation, |
| 1:46.7 | and also look at some historical parallels here in just a bit, so we will get into all that shortly. |
| 1:50.9 | First, however, I do want to acknowledge a bit of sad news that was also circulating in the UFO |
| 1:56.3 | community over the last few days because the official announcement was made by longtime UAP investigator Nick Pope that he was diagnosed last year with stage 4 cancer. |
| 2:09.8 | This is very unfortunate news indeed, and according to a written statement, which Mr. Pope shared online, from which I will now quote a portion. A while ago, he said, following |
| 2:19.1 | some digestive issues, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Unfortunately, he said it's stage four |
| 2:24.8 | and has metastasized to his liver. He said, well, I know it's kindness and hope that leads people |
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