Half a century ago, a unique proposal was made to the American National Science Foundation: it was suggested that a large hole be drilled through the ocean floor, with interest in reaching a mysterious area that exists between the Earth’s crust and the inner mantle called the Mohorovičić discontinuity. Drawing its peculiar name from the Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovičić, who first discovered the area in 1909, the “Moho” remains an area of interest to seismologists, though the initial proposals for what became known as “Project Mohole” never received full support, and were canceled in 1967 by the U.S. Congress.
Granted, listeners of the weekly Gralien Report Podcast are already familiar somewhat with the Moho, and it has indeed remained an item of interest since the late sixties when Project Mohole was officially canceled. In fact, the Soviet Union’s Kola Institute later sought to reach similar depths when they began drilling a tremendous hole reaching an ultimate depth of 40,220 feet, during a project that lasted more than 15 years that resulted in what was officially dubbed the world’s deepest hole at the time. Though a greater degree of success was achieved by the Russians, this project, much like previous attempts by the U.S., was eventually abandoned also in 1989.
While in the absence of such projects, the Moho’s intrigue continues, and there are other strange and startling possibilities pertaining to this curious area of the inner Earth that boast possibilities of the Fortean kind. For instance, could there actually be cavernous areas within the Moho, and if so, what would be the potential for organisms to thrive in such areas? Is it really purely science fiction to suppose that there could be more to the deepest depths of the Earth than soil, stone, magma, and other elements known to exist there?
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For several weeks now, we’ve been enduring extreme danger in broadcasting, as two warring factions of the severed Hadal empire have battled against one another… with your friendly neighborhood Gralien Reporters caught right in the middle of the conflict. On this week’s edition of the show things finally come to a head… and Micah, along with Producer Chris Heyes and Engineer Matt Oakley, come face-to-face a violent legion of Hadal Imperialists. Will the crew make it out of the bunker alive, or will they succumb to the forces of evil that exist within the Hollow Earth?
The Gralien Report Podcast for July 25, 2011 (Click to Launch Player)
The pulse-pounding story will continue during hour three of this week’s Gralien Report Podcast… but in the meantime, here are some show notes pertaining to the news the guys did manage to cover before the Gralien Bunker was breached by denizens of the Dero Kingdom…
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This summer, a number of stories of odd “things” appearing in motion-activated game and wildlife cameras throughout the United States seemed to be cropping up right and left. Several images of this sort have been captured, and it’s enough to make you put your coffee down on the nearest standing desk and take notice. The photos show some very interesting evidence to interpret for yourself.The latest addition to 2010′s round-up of weird trail-cam photos involves one very eerie image, allegedly obtained by a hunter in Louisiana who claimed his camera was destroyed after capturing the picture of a strange “beast.” The image, as well as expert analysis pertaining to it and the creature itself, can be viewed by following this link:
Alien, Hoax, or Something Else? NBC 33 Investigates…
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Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, historic American icon famous for his explorations of the Earth’s polar extremities, was widely regarded during his lifetime as a pioneer and hero. A decorated naval officer, Byrd even received the Medal of Honor in 1926 for his alleged flight to the North Pole (though the legitimacy of this claim was later disputed by a number of researchers). However, in spite of the scientific and historic merit of Byrd’s achievements, there are less widely-publicized theories which suggest Byrd was onto something that went far deeper than his exploration of the surface world.
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