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Richard M. Dolan

Historian; Author - UFOs and the National Security State, 1995–present (UAP research)

Case File
Born1962
AliasesRichard Dolan, R.M. Dolan
Service1995–present (UAP research)

Summary

Historian and author who produced the most rigorous archival analysis of U.S. government UAP documentation ever published in 'UFOs and the National Security State' (2002, 2009). Trained as a Cold War historian with a focus on national security policy, Dolan approached UAP through declassified FOIA documents, government archives, and institutional records rather than witness testimony or speculation. His two-volume history documents a coherent institutional cover-up spanning the Truman through Clinton administrations. He coined the term 'breakaway civilization' to describe the hypothesis that a technologically superior secret civilization has emerged within the classified world. His work laid the analytical foundation that researchers including Leslie Kean and journalists covering AATIP drew on as context for understanding governmental UAP policy.

Roles

  • -Historian; Author - UFOs and the National Security State
  • -Host, Richard Dolan Show
  • -Originator, 'Breakaway Civilization' Concept

Organizations

Richard Dolan MediaRochester Institute of Technology (graduate study)

Education

  • -Alfred University (undergraduate)
  • -University of Rochester (graduate study - History, focus on Cold War and National Security)
  • -Oxford University (attended on scholarship)

Related Documented Cases

JAL Flight 1628

Tier 2

November 17, 1986 · Alaskan airspace - Anchorage ARTCC coverage, near Ft. Yukon

Malmstrom AFB ICBM Shutdown Incidents

Tier 2

March 16 and March 24, 1967 · Echo and Oscar Flight Launch Control Facilities, 341st Strategic Missile Wing, Malmstrom AFB, Montana

Kecksburg UFO Incident

Tier 2

December 9, 1965 · Kecksburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

Phoenix Lights

Tier 1

March 13, 1997 · Phoenix, Arizona (and across Arizona, Nevada, and Sonora, Mexico)

O'Hare Airport Incident

Tier 2

November 7, 2006 · O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois

Shag Harbour Incident

Tier 2

October 4, 1967 · Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

Westall School UFO Incident

Tier 2

April 6, 1966 · Westall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Fukushima Daiichi UAP Sightings

Tier 3

March 2011 · Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Varginha Incident

Tier 2

January 20, 1996 · Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Coyne Helicopter Incident

Tier 1

October 18, 1973 · Mansfield, Ohio (near Charles Mill Lake)

Falcon Lake Incident

Tier 1

May 20, 1967 · Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada

Minot AFB Incident

Tier 1

October 24, 1968 · Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota

Exeter, New Hampshire Incident

Tier 2

September 3, 1965 · Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

Cash-Landrum Incident

Tier 2

December 29, 1980 · Huffman, Texas

Foo Fighters - WWII Aerial Phenomena (1944-1945)

Tier 2

1944-1945 · European Theater (Rhine Valley, Western Front) and Pacific Theater (Japan, Caroline Islands)

Voronezh UFO Incident

Tier 2

September 27, 1989 · Voronezh, Russian SFSR, USSR

Plains of San Agustin Incident

Tier 3

July 1947 (alleged) · Plains of San Agustin, Catron/Socorro County, New Mexico

Bluegill Triple Prime UAP Recovery

Tier 2

October 26, 1962 · Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean (high-altitude detonation, recovery in adjacent ocean)

1971 UAP Crash North of Edwards AFB

Tier 3

Summer 1971 (probable June 24, 1971) · Mojave Desert, California City area (north of Edwards AFB)

Coyame UFO Crash / Chihuahua Disk

Tier 3

August 25-26, 1974 · Near Coyame del Sotol, Chihuahua, Mexico

1978 Tarija UFO Crash

Tier 2

May 6, 1978 · El Taire Mountain, Bermejo River region, Tarija Department, Bolivia / Salta Province, Argentina border

Senator Russell Soviet UAP Sighting

Tier 2

September 1955 · Near Atdzhikent, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia)

Sary Shagan UAP Sighting — Soviet Ballistic Missile Test Range (1973)

Tier 3

Summer 1973 · Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range, Kazakhstan, USSR