{"id":60,"date":"2019-08-11T21:28:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T21:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?p=60"},"modified":"2019-08-11T21:28:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T21:28:35","slug":"06-04-19-unidentified-the-elizondo-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/2019\/08\/11\/06-04-19-unidentified-the-elizondo-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"06.04.19. Unidentified: The Elizondo Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3141\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-60-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_060419_Unidentified_-_The_Elizondo_Controversy.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_060419_Unidentified_-_The_Elizondo_Controversy.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_060419_Unidentified_-_The_Elizondo_Controversy.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_060419_Unidentified_-_The_Elizondo_Controversy.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=60-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/TGR_060419_Unidentified_-_The_Elizondo_Controversy.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGR_060419_Unidentified_-_The_Elizondo_Controversy.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/subscribe\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><p>This week on\u00a0<em>The Micah Hanks Program,<\/em>\u00a0a mysterious object was recently filmed in the skies over China, prompting discussion of unidentified flying objects from its state-sponsored media&#8230; meanwhile here in the United States, the ongoing debate over UAP, what they could be, and how best to study them continues.<\/p>\n<p>However, the big story in the news this week arrives courtesy of\u00a0<em>The Intercept<\/em>, in a piece by journalist Keith Kloor that raises a number of questions about former AATIP chief Luis Elizondo, the star of the new History Channel series\u00a0<em>Unidentified: Inside America&#8217;s UFO Investigation.\u00a0<\/em>Was Elizondo indeed the chief of the Pentagon&#8217;s unidentified aerial phenomenon study group, as he says he was? Joining us to discuss this is our friend and correspondent Lt. 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