Historian | Author, UFOs and the National Security State | Publisher, Richard Dolan Press

About

Richard Dolan is the most meticulous historian the UAP field has ever produced. His two-volume UFOs and the National Security State is the definitive academic history of the U.S. government's secret management of the UAP phenomenon — sourced from declassified documents, FOIA requests, and decades of primary research. He coined the term 'breakaway civilization' to describe the possibility that a segment of the U.S. national security apparatus has had access to recovered non-human technology for decades and has developed capabilities far beyond what the public knows. Dolan is also a gifted communicator and analyst whose YouTube channel has grown from 30,000 to nearly 200,000 subscribers under Pursuing X's management, and whose analysis of current events in UAP is required reading for anyone trying to understand what's actually happening. At CITD 2026, he brings his historical lens to a present that is moving faster than anyone anticipated.

Sessions at CITD 2026

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Disclosure in an Era of Chaos

Dolan examines how the accelerating chaos of global political, economic, and technological disruption is shaping — and complicating — the path to genuine UAP disclosure. What does it mean to reveal the greatest secret in human history when the world is already in upheaval?