The Submarine UFO Encounters the Military Refuses to Acknowledge

Summary

Richard Dolan, a prominent UFO researcher, discusses the connection between submerged UFOs (USOs) and military secrecy. He highlights the importance of disclosure regarding extraterrestrial life and the implications it has for society. Dolan's work explores the historical context and the government's reluctance to acknowledge these phenomena.

Key takeaways

• 1Richard Dolan: Leading UFO researcher with over 25 years of experience.
• 2UFOs and the National Security State: A two-volume work that reshapes understanding of UFO history and government cover-ups.
• 3A.D. After Disclosure: A speculative book co-authored by Dolan about societal changes post-disclosure of extraterrestrial life.
• 4A History of USOs: Dolan's latest book documenting mysterious objects observed underwater.
• 5Dolan offers insights into the broader social, political, and technological implications of UFO phenomena.

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because I mean, you know, there's just that hull separating you from life and death. Plus, when you get into nuclear uh equipped in terms of ballistic missile submarines, I mean, you know, there they could potentially start World War II. So, I mean, the stakes are are so high. Uh, one of the greatest compliments we got in the history of the podcast, this is many years ago when people used to still have to hook iPods to computers and use cables and everything, I had a US uh, Navy submariner say, "Before I uh, go off on one of my multimonth deployments, I would load up my iPod with your podcasts and listen to them." There might have even been a couple of Richard Dolan interviews in there, too, that we did a long time ago. So, that's uh, that was kind of that was kind of cool. Uh I I I'll mention, let me just uh say along with the Soviets, they they did report a number of very strange encounters with their submarines, uh they had a a Russian name for this, which I am sure I'm mispronouncing, called Kavaki, which actually means croakers, because they would detect these things making a kind of croaking sound like frogs, I suppose. And uh all through the 1970s, this was definitely something that uh got the attention of the Soviet Navy. So the submarines would be down there, they would hear this strange croaking sound. U they would attach it to these objects that they were they were detecting and these objects could uh circle around them, could could move very very fast, could approach them, move away, play these types of cat and mouse games with them. The Soviets initially wondered, is this American technology? ...

Excerpt from Intelligent Disclosure, Jan 26, 2026. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.