Invaders: 3I/ATLAS Overload and the 'Alien Invasion' Archetype | MHP 11.18.25.

The Micah Hanks Program

Micah Hanks

Society & Culture, Science

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Since the late 19th century, the concept of an "alien invasion" has been a recurring theme in literature, and also served as a kind of cultural pressure gauge—it reveals our fears about what might be lurking in the cosmos, as well as the everyday horrors of the human condition, forcing us to confront questions about our vulnerabilities, and our assumptions about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we lead off with a bit of discussion about the persistent rumors about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, and whether its presence could actually bring the discussion about alien visitation out of fiction and into reality. Then, we shift our attention to the discussion about what a real alien invasion might entail, and what it could mean for life on Earth if it were ever to occur; would humanity be up to the task of defending against a cosmic threat from beyond the stars?

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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 kept from the world?
0:23.4	Exploring our past, our future, and the mysteries of our universe.
0:27.9	Where do they come from?
0:28.7	Why can't you explain it?
0:29.9	Everybody in uthology is screaming for disclosure.
0:33.0	The future is now.
0:34.7	This is Micahanks.
0:36.9	From the high mountains of Appalachia in a bunker below ground. Welcome one and all.
0:41.7	It is the Micahanks program. Glad as always to be going in pursuit of the anomalous in our existence,
0:47.5	as we do every week. Listen on demand via podcasting apps everywhere and of course, courtesy of our friends at the Unax Radio Network.
0:57.1	Hard to believe, my friends, that the holidays are almost upon us.
1:02.4	Yes, it's been another crazy year.
1:05.2	And that craziness, by the way, helped along by the fact that recently,
1:09.1	you may have been reading news headlines that would
1:11.3	have led some to think that an alien invasion was imminent.
1:16.0	That's not the case, but we are going to be talking about alien invasions a bit this week.
1:20.6	But we'll get to all that.
1:22.2	As usual, I get ahead of myself.
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