UAP and Myths of the Space Age | MHP 09.08.25.

On an unassuming evening in March 1997, thousands of witnesses in Arizona and surrounding states observed strange lights in the sky. The famous incident, known today as "The Phoenix Lights," remains a staple of modern UFO studies... but is there a deeper story behind this classic "best evidence" encounter?

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we take a careful look at the Phoenix Lights mystery, as well as recent sightings of "mystery drones," and how biased viewpoints that treat the subject either skeptically or entirely credulously often lead to the creation of "myths of the space age," where no real resolution results. Can such analysis be applied to UAP research in the future in ways that promote better research and more case resolutions?

Have you had a UFO/UAP sighting? Please consider reporting your sighting to the UAP Sightings Reporting System, a public resource for information about sightings of aerial phenomena.

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Show Notes

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

• NEWS: Evidence of 9000-Year-Old "House of the Dead" Unearthed at Neolithic City of Çatalhöyük
• New Site Discovered in Turkey Could Be Older Than Göbeklitepe
• 3I/ATLAS is Now Headed Toward Mars, as Mystery Surrounding Interstellar Visitor Grows  
• Scientists Fear “Mirror Life” Produced in the Lab Could Create a Dangerous New Form of Biology
• PHOENIX LIGHTS: Phoenix Lights Mystery: What Were Those Lights?
• MYSTERY DRONES: What are the mystery drones flying over the US? | New Scientist 
• THOMAS BULLARD: The Myth and Mystery of UFOs by Thomas Bullard 
• JOSHUA CUTCHIN: The Official Website of Joshua Cutchin

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