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The Micah Hanks Program

Terror of the Men in Black: Fear, Folklore, & Flying Saucers | MHP 11.28.22.

The Micah Hanks Program

Micah Hanks

Society & Culture, Science

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Since the late 1940s, people who have claimed to be UFO witnesses have occasionally come forward with strange stories of visits from "men in black," giving rise to an odd and unsettling subfield in modern studies of the phenomenon. However, historical researchers point out that the idea of visits from mysterious, dark-suited individuals didn't begin with the modern UFO era, and in fact, may date back centuries.

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at the folklore surrounding the Men in Black and examine their mythic roots, as well as the modern claims of those who say they have had terrifying, real-life encounters with mysterious dark-suited strangers. Could there be more to some of the stories than mere myth, after all?

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0:00.0

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

0:08.6

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

0:14.3

of human understanding.

0:16.1

The future is now, this is Micahanks.

0:22.9

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

0:27.5

It is the Micahanks program glad once again to be getting behind the microphone and looking

0:33.2

ahead as we go and pursue it of the enigmatic, like we do every week.

0:38.4

Lots happening right now and brought to you of course, with courtesy, from yours truly,

0:44.6

to podcasting apps all throughout space and time, and our friends, our station affiliates

0:49.6

over the unex radio network.

0:52.4

So we've got volcanoes erupting right now and ashfall advisories, also protests in a

1:00.0

place where you don't often hear about them seem to be a lot of protests going on these

1:04.8

days.

1:05.8

Also, I'm going to be taking a look at why one source is saying that a Supreme Court

1:13.0

case could become problematic and it's no joke, even though it may sound like one.

1:19.5

So 48,500 year old viruses being revived, in laboratories, nothing could possibly go

1:26.2

wrong, right?

1:27.6

But then later in the program, we're going to be turning our attention to a modern myth

1:34.1

of euphology, or is it?

1:36.8

That's right, we're going to be talking about the men in black.

1:42.9

A lot of folks thought that was just a Hollywood movie, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones,

1:48.8

actually a whole series of films now.

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