Episode summary
On this March 28, 2023 episode of the Richard Dolan Show, UFO historian Richard Dolan presented a comprehensive investigation into USOs (unidentified submersible objects), drawing from hundreds of cases he has researched over the past year. Dolan opened with the revelation that 70% of Earth is water and most USO encounters go unreported due to military classification protocols, making this phenomenon significantly under-recognized despite substantial evidence. The episode systematically documented USO cases spanning from 1879 to 2019, focusing on remarkably consistent patterns including massive rotating luminous wheels observed in strategic shipping choke points like the Strait of Hormuz and Strait of Malacca. Dolan highlighted a December 2020 confirmation from a senior intelligence official that US military systems have detected non-cavitational, extremely fast-moving underwater objects, and that the UAP Task Force showed particular interest in transmedium vehicles. Notable cases included a 2017 Gulf of Mexico sighting where offshore vessel crew witnessed a 1,000-foot craft emerge from the water and disappear at extraordinary speed, and a 2008 Nova Scotia incident where three triangular objects surfaced sequentially. Dolan also revealed potential connections between the Davis-Wilson notes and witnesses involved with a TRW program called Zodiac. He emphasized that the lack of official documentation stems from fewer civilian witnesses rather than absence of the phenomenon, and concluded that an advanced intelligence appears to be operating extensively in Earth's oceans with capabilities far exceeding human technology, possibly maintaining underwater bases in locations including the Black Sea, Caribbean, and off Catalina Island.