What Was It? Strange Creature Photographed in 2018 Is Finally Identified, And It’s Not What Scientists Expected
A strange creature found in Okinawa's coastal waters has finally been identified, after it revealed something that surprised scientists.
Micah Hanks
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Something is Moving in the Earth’s Inner Core, and It May Point to the Elusive Source of Our Planet’s Magnetic Field
Deep within the inner core of our planet, scientists have made a surprising discovery: something appears to be moving, and it’s moving far more rapidly than anyone would have expected.
An Oddly Bright Object Can Now Be Seen Moving Through the Night Sky. Here’s Why It Has Astronomers Worried.
Have you seen an unusually bright object moving through the evening sky recently? So have astronomers, and it has them worried.
U.S. Cracks Down on Major Satellite TV Provider in First-of-a-Kind Space Debris Enforcement Action
The FCC has fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to deorbit its EchoStar-7 satellite properly, resulting in a landmark move in the protection against potentially hazardous space debris.
Something Odd Was Just Seen Crossing the Martian Landscape, and NASA’s Perseverance Rover Caught It All on Film
Newly released images captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover showcase a rare natural event moving across the Martian landscape.
Secret of the Altar Stone: Stonehenge Mystery Deepens as New Discovery Upends Century-Old Theory
A team of researchers thinks they may have revealed new clues to one of the longest-kept secrets of England's enigmatic Stonehenge.
James Webb Space Telescope Has Spotted Something Lurking in the Orion Nebula That “Shouldn’t Exist,” and They Come in Pairs
New images of the Orion Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed the existence of 150 free-floating objects once considered a scientific impossibility.
Hacker Group Takes British Royal Family Website Down Amidst Inflammatory Statements by Russian Officials
A pro-Russian hacker group has claimed responsibility for taking the official website of the British Royal Family offline for a short period over the weekend amidst aggressive rhetoric from the former Russian president over Britain’s support of Ukraine.
U.S. Department of Energy UAP Documents Reveal Puzzling Aerial Incursions Near American Nuclear Sites
Documents released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) reveal new details involving unauthorized drones incidents and UAP sightings.
Government Shutdown: How It Could Affect the Military and U.S. National Security
This week, the Pentagon has voiced concern over the potential for a U.S. government shutdown.
The Case of the White Pine Triangle
This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we interview a witness to the appearance of a large, triangular UFO over Canada.
New Details Emerge in Development of U.S. Air Force Weapon Marking a ‘New Generation of Air Power’
The USAF has tasked Northop Grumman with building an air-to-ground weapon that will represent the next generation of air power and defense.
In-Depth: OSIRIS-REx Mission Achieves Historic Milestone with NASA’s Successful Delivery of Asteroid Samples to Earth
A mission to bring samples from a distant asteroid back to Earth made history on Sunday with the success of NASA's OSIRIS-Rex.
True Anomaly is Creating ‘Autonomous Orbital Vehicles’ and Space Security Tech for the U.S. Space Force
The U.S. Space Force has awarded a new research contract to True Anomaly, a space security company behind autonomous orbital vehicles and other space technologies.
U.S. Navy Unmanned Surface Vessels Complete First Pacific Journey Amidst Growing Tensions
The U.S. Navy made history with the first Pacific crossing of a pair of its unmanned surface vessels amidst rising tensions with China.
NASA’s Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
This week we look at NASA's new UAP report, and get commentary from Mark Rodeghier, Ph.D, the Director of the J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies.
What’s Hiding at the Moon’s South Pole? Lunar Orbiting Cameras Unveil Mysterious Region in Unprecedented Detail
Bathed in constant darkness at the Moon’s South Pole, the enigmatic Shackleton crater has remained a subject of intense scientific interest—and controversy—for decades.
World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Laser Produces Its First Beam, Heralding a “New Era of Science”
The world’s most powerful X-ray laser has successfully produced its first beams after receiving a significant upgrade at its California facility.
Mysterious Liquid Lunar Discovery May Have a Surprising Source… and It’s Coming from Earth’s Magnetotail
New research has revealed plasma sheet electrons from Earth's magnetotail as a potential source for the formation of water on the Moon.
Look: New Mapping Effort Reveals Where “Plasma Rains” Are Bombarding This Nearby Planet
A recent study has revealed new clues about the effects of plasma precipitation from solar winds on the surface of Mercury.
NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team Publishes Its Findings, as the Agency Appoints a New NASA Director of UAP Research
A report by NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team has called for better data, and reveals the appointment of a new NASA Director of UAP Research.
NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Report: Key Takeaways
Welcome to this week’s installment of The Intelligence Brief… the results of an assessment by NASA’s Unidentified Anomalous...
Hunt for the Mystery Spheres
This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we look at the history involving sightings of strange metallic or translucent spherical UAP.
Something Odd Has Been Detected on the Moon… and It’s Coming from the Apollo 17 Lunar Lander Base
Scientists studying the sources of unusual signals detected on the Moon have traced them back to the lunar lander base from one of NASA’s historic Apollo missions.
The Sol Foundation: How a New Think Tank of Academics is Applying ‘Cutting-Edge Research’ to the UAP Mystery
In an exclusive interview, Garry Nolan and Peter Skafish speak with The Debrief about the Sol Foundation, and how it aims to reframe the debate on UAP.
DARPA Wants to Use Lasers to Send Energy Directly to War Zones. This Is the Wireless Power Beaming Technology That Will Make It Happen.
PowerLight's game-changing wireless power beaming technology is driving DARPA’s POWER program. Here's how it could also change the future of energy transmission.
Introducing Replicator, The Pentagon’s New ‘Game-Changing’ AI Drone Initiative
This week's newsletter looks at the DoD's new Replicator initiative to leverage autonomous systems against emerging military threats.
Look What NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Just Spotted on the Surface of the Moon
Can you spot the small object with the white halo in this image? Here's what NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter just photographed on the moon.
Breakthrough Discovery of New Water Splitting Method Allows Easier Production of Hydrogen
A new method of water splitting that allows hydrogen to be produced more easily has been discovered by a team of German chemists.
New Quantum Random Number Generator Uses This Novel Material to Enable Stronger Cybersecurity
The development of a new kind of random number generator for use with encryption technologies could help ensure safer exchange of information.
This Next-Generation Humanoid Robot Could Soon Be Your New Coworker
Apollo, a new humanoid robot designed to work alongside humans, is poised to reshape the industrial workforce.
These Enigmatic Viking Symbols, Used in Ancient Encrypted Messages, Keep One of History’s Strangest Language Secrets
Why part of an ancient set of Viking symbols strangely vanished around 700 A.D. remains one of history's most perplexing linguistic mysteries.
Mysterious Dark Matter Could Interact with Gravity Non-Locally, New Research Suggests
Dark matter, the mysterious nonluminous material thought to populate close to 85% of the universe’s matter, may interact with gravity in a non-local way, according to newly published research.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Has Finally Launched Its Official Website. Here’s What’s Missing.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) that oversees the Pentagon’s investigations into UAP finally has its own website.
The DOD Taps AI to Monitor Washington D.C.’s Airspace, and AARO Gets a New Website
This week, we look at the DOD and its plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help monitor the airspace over the nation’s capital.
Aerial Threats Over the United States
This week, we look at recent UFO sightings logged by American pilots involving harrowing encounters with strange objects they couldn't identify.
Pilot UFO Sightings Collected by NASA Reveal Serious Safety Concerns Over Objects in U.S. Airspace
Incident reports describing recent U.S. pilot UFO sightings in controlled airspace convey the serious concerns aviators have about potential collisions with unknown objects, The Debrief has learned.
Aurora Spaceplane Concept Looks Like an Area 51-style ‘Black Jet,’ and It Could Revolutionize Hypersonic Spaceflight by 2030
German aerospace company POLARIS is advancing its development of AURORA, a next-generation spaceplane with a familiar and intriguing name.
Northrop Grumman’s Phantom Laser Delivers Compact, Rugged, High-Energy Beam Weapon Source to Empower U.S. Tactical Capabilities
Northrop Grumman just equipped the U.S. military with Phantom, a compact-sized high-power laser beam weapon designed for rapid deployment.
Questions About Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Enter the 2024 Presidential Race
As things start gearing up for the 2024 election season, the UAP question already managed to make its way into the first round of debates featuring eight GOP hopefuls.
Watchers: Surveillance, UAP Secrecy, and the MH370 Enigma
This week, we examine issues related to UAP secrecy and U.S. surveillance technologies, along with an analysis of what U.S. officials have recently had to say about the mysterious objects.
Mysterious New Properties of “Ghost Particle” Neutrinos Unveiled With Help From an Ancient Supernova
Researchers may now be closer to understanding the secret interactions that occur between neutrinos when stars explode, according to new research into the behavior of the mysterious subatomic particles.
Iran Just Unveiled the Mohajer 10, Its Extremely Familiar-Looking New Strike Drone
Iran revealed a familiar-looking new addition to its aerial arsenal on Tuesday, the Mohajer 10, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) the country says can fly non-stop for up to 24 hours.
Clean Power Breakthrough: “Impossible” Energy Generation Using Graphene Challenges Century-Old Physics Paradigms
Researchers have upended a long-held tenet of modern physics that says useful work cannot be obtained from random thermal fluctuations, with a little help from the novel properties of graphene.
Eerie Afterglow of What May Be the Most Violent Cosmic Event Observed by Astronomers Could Challenge Existing Theories
On October 9, 2022, an unusual gamma-ray burst possessing a prolonged visible afterglow was observed by a team of astronomers that was unlike anything they had previously witnessed.
Russian Spacecraft Crash Ends Country’s “Last Hope” to Revive Its Lunar Program, Raises New Questions
A Russian spacecraft crash that occurred over the weekend saw the country's Luna 25 craft collide with the moon, bringing a mission aimed at ending the country’s 47-year hiatus in lunar exploration to a smashing conclusion.
Strange New Stellar Object Has the Most Powerful Magnetic Field Ever Discovered, Astronomers Say
Researchers have discovered a new stellar object with “highly unusual” characteristics, which they say possesses the most powerful magnetic field anywhere in the known universe.
Mysterious Pulses Could Reveal Unknown Radiation and Plasma Properties of Distant Celestial Object
Researchers report that they have detected unusual pulses being generated by a celestial object that could help them unveil new clues about its behavior.
Amidst Controversy, Google Has a New Secret Project to Help it Dominate the AI Landscape
Google is reportedly working on a new secret AI project amidst turmoil in the tech industry's race toward AI dominance.
Antigravity: Zero Point and the Classified World of UAP Technology
This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we go in search of the truth about the classified world of antigravity, and the DoD’s efforts to make this science-fiction technology a reality.