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The Micah Hanks Program

The UFO Conspiracy: Aliens, Bias, and the Myth of the UFO Expert | MHP 04.22.25.

The Micah Hanks Program

Micah Hanks

Ufos, Missingpersons, Uap, Mysteries, Space, Society & Culture, Archaeology, Skepticism, Science, Unexplained

4.5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This week, the potential discovery of signs of biosignatures in the atmosphere of a distant planet has aliens on the minds of many scholars. Meanwhile, a recently published study, “Exploring expert figures in alien-related UFO conspiracy theories” investigates how “expert figures”—including scientists, self-proclaimed researchers, and UFO witnesses—are used to legitimize alien-related conspiracy theories online. But what do these findings really indicate about conspiracy theories about UFOs, as well as academic views toward the UAP subject?

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at how key findings in the new study point to concerning trends that have recently emerged in the UAP research community, as well as potential biases in academic ideas toward the subject. We also look at the myth of the "UFO expert," NASA's lack of progress in UAP, and much more. 

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0:00.0

reports of unidentified flying objects

0:08.4

unidentified aerial phenomena are they secret weapons being tested by our own or foreign

0:13.1

governments the american people are becoming most interested and in many instances

0:17.4

very alarmed by the UFO stories 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 mythology is screaming for disclosure. The future

0:33.6

is now. This is Micahanks. From the high mountains of Appalachia in a bunker below ground.

0:40.5

Welcome one and all. It is the Micahanks program. Glad as always to be getting into gear and going

0:44.9

in pursuit of the anomalies in our existence as we do every week listen on demand via podcasting

0:51.0

apps all throughout space and time and courtesy of the fine folks there at the Unax Radio Network.

0:56.8

Boy, it is a mad, mad world in which we live.

0:59.7

Any given day of the week, you look at the news,

1:02.2

and there's more evidence that we are living in clown world.

1:05.1

Things are absolutely crazy.

1:07.0

And so I just had to tune out late last week.

1:10.3

I had to just stop reading the news, silence my phone, and go out into nature, spend a little time with my family because we were celebrating several birthdays, including my own and my brothers and my sister-in-laws.

1:22.2

And, of course, also sprinkle in a little quiet time on Sunday morning.

1:26.8

Easter Sunday, of course, however you may celebrate

1:29.2

out there, a belated happy Easter to you, and of course by Monday morning as I'm getting back

1:34.3

into what's happening in the news, obviously we have some pretty big news involving the Vatican

1:40.0

and more specifically the Pope this Easter season because Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff, has passed away at age 88.

1:50.1

Now, in my opinion, you talk about an Easter miracle.

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