{"id":88,"date":"2019-08-11T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?p=88"},"modified":"2019-08-11T22:08:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T22:08:01","slug":"08-05-19-ufos-and-espionage-the-russian-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/2019\/08\/11\/08-05-19-ufos-and-espionage-the-russian-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"08.05.19. UFOs and Espionage: The Russian Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3448\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-88-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/080519_UFOs_and_Espionage_-_The_Russian_Connection.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/080519_UFOs_and_Espionage_-_The_Russian_Connection.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/080519_UFOs_and_Espionage_-_The_Russian_Connection.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/080519_UFOs_and_Espionage_-_The_Russian_Connection.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/micahhanks.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=88-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gralienreport\/080519_UFOs_and_Espionage_-_The_Russian_Connection.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"080519_UFOs_and_Espionage_-_The_Russian_Connection.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>, we bring news of an exciting discovery: a new species of dinosaur was recently unearthed from the depths&#8230; of a museum&#8217;s archives. This reminds us of the strange affair of the &#8220;Pangboche Yeti Hand,&#8221; a portion of which was smuggled out of Tibet decades ago by legendary tracker Peter Byrne, along with the help of actor Jimmy Stewart. The relic met a similar fate, where it languished in a museum archive for decades before its rediscovery.<\/p>\n<p>We then turn our attention to disturbing reports of cattle deaths out of Oregon, which bear all the markings of such &#8220;classic&#8221; mutilations&#8230; apart from the initial reports that indicated the animals had apparently been shot in the head. This was later amended, when further reporting on the strange animal deaths featured supposition by law enforcement that the creatures might have been poisoned, but not by any conventional or unintended means. It&#8217;s time that we get to the bottom of the mutilations, the senseless killing of livestock, and the destruction of property that their deaths entail.<\/p>\n<p>Then later in the program, &#8220;<span class=\"s1\">Russian meddling\u201d is a common term we hear in the news today, many are unaware that for decades, the Russians secretly used the UFO phenomenon as a means to try and destabilize the West. But why did the Soviet Union fabricate tales of aliens and feed them to the Pentagon, and does the UFO meddling still continue to this day? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">When it comes to UFOs and espionage, understanding the history of Russia&#8217;s involvement from a counterintelligence angle is integral.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Joining us to discuss this is Nick Redfern, author of more than forty books that include <i>Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups &amp; Conspiracies\u00a0<\/i>and his latest book, <i>Flying Saucers from the Kremlin: UFOs, Russian Meddling, Soviet Spies &amp; Cold War Secrets<\/i>. Nick has appeared on many TV shows, including the BBC\u2019s Out of This World; the SyFy Channel\u2019s Proof Positive; the History Channel\u2019s Monster Quest, America\u2019s Book of Secrets and UFO Hunters; the National Geographic Channel\u2019s Paranatural; and MSNBC\u2019s Countdown. After our discussion with Nick about UFOs and espionage, and the role Russia has played in all of this over the decades, you may never think of the phenomenon the same way again.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gralienreport.com\/x\">Become a subscriber and get even more great podcasts and bonus monthly specials from Micah Hanks.<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\">Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of<strong> The Micah Hanks Program, <\/strong>as well as &#8220;classic&#8221; episodes of\u00a0<em>The Gralien Report Podcast,<\/em> weekly \u201cadditional editions\u201d of the subscriber-only <em><strong>X Podcast,<\/strong><\/em> the monthly\u00a0<strong>Enigmas\u00a0<\/strong>specials, and much more.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\">Like us on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GralienReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-midtext\">Follow us <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MicahHanks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@MicahHanks<\/a> <\/strong>on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Follow Micah on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/micah_hanks\/?hl=en\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on\u00a0The Micah Hanks Program, we bring news of an exciting discovery: a new species of dinosaur was recently unearthed from the depths&#8230; of a museum&#8217;s archives. 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