A new Defense Department report detailing the United States government's involvement in investigations of unidentified anomalous phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs, was released late last week, resulting in divided opinions over the merit of the research conducted by the DoD's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we examine the mainstream media's coverage of the controversial new government UAP report before moving on to a fact-check of several errors it contains, in addition to revealing why AARO's over-reliance on past U.S. government studies set them up for failure, and finally, the few interesting tidbits we did notice in the completed historical assessment. 

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Show Notes

Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode:

• NEW YORK TIMES: Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up
• WASHPO: Pentagon report finds no evidence of alien visits, hidden spacecraft
• POLITICO: US once considered program to reverse-engineer alien spacecraft, Pentagon report reveals
• DEFENSE SCOOP: DOD developing ‘Gremlin’ capability to help personnel collect real-time UAP data
• AARO’S HISTORICAL REVIEW: AARO Historical Record Report: Volume 1; 2024
• Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing 
• FACT CHECK: Pentagon UAP Report Says No Evidence U.S. Has Collected Exotic Technology, Kept Programs Hidden from Congress
• DEEP DIVE: Fragmented Facts: AARO Report Unearths Odd Claims Involving U.S. Recovery of Material From 1952 UFO Incident

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