Richard Dolan: A History of USOs (Unidentified Submerged Objects)

Somewhere in the Skies

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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On episode 403, we welcome back UFO researcher and historian, Richard Dolan, to talk all about his new book, A History of USOs: Unidentified Submerged Objects. This meticulously researched book delves into the earliest reported sightings of mysterious objects observed in oceans, lakes, and rivers, spanning centuries and covering 178 carefully documented cases up to 1969. Dolan shares some of his favourite USO cases, how he compiled his research, theories and observations on the phenomena, and what to expect in the next two volumes of his book series. He also answers your listener questions and so much more. Order the book: https://a.co/d/1CHQzOh Follow Richard Dolan's work: https://richarddolanmembers.com/ Please take a moment to rate and review us on Spotify and Apple Book Ryan on CAMEO at: https://bit.ly/3kwz3DO Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/somewhereskies ByMeACoffee: http://www.buymeacoffee.com/UFxzyzHOaQ PayPal: Sprague51@hotmail.com Discord: https://discord.gg/NTkmuwyB4F Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ryansprague.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomewhereSkies Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/somewhereskiespod/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryansprague51 Order Ryan’s new book: https://a.co/d/4KNQnM4 Order Ryan’s older book: https://amzn.to/3PmydYC Store: http://tee.pub/lic/ULZAy7IY12U Read Ryan’s articles at: https://medium.com/@ryan-sprague51 Opening Theme Song by Septembryo Copyright © 2025 Ryan Sprague. All rights reserved Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.1	You are now somewhere in the skies with your host, Ryan Spray. All right, guys, and he is back.
1:02.8	It has been a while, but we have a very good reason, because he just came out with a brand new book,
1:09.0	A History of U.S.O's Unidentified, Submerged Objects,
1:13.7	Volume 1. So welcome back to the show. Once again, Richard Dolan. Hi, Ryan. It's a pleasure.
1:22.3	Very always happy to be a guest on your program. You've got a great podcast. And we've known each other for a long time.
1:28.8	So it's always fun. Yes, we have. We've had some fun experiences at conferences. And,
1:34.2	and, you know, I always bring this up when you come on. You were the first one to really give me a
1:39.8	chance in this field, man. And you published my very first book. So i will forever be indebted to you for that so
1:46.6	yeah fine book too a really great book oh thank you thank you well hey it has led to this podcast that
1:53.6	you're on today and we're going to talk all about the brand new book on a topic that you know
1:58.4	has come a little bit more to the forefront, but it might be
2:02.0	a subtopic of uphology that a lot of people aren't quite familiar with. So, of course,
2:07.9	the first easiest, most softball question for you. What is a U.S.O? Let's go UFOs 101.
2:24.6	Well, the thing about this field of ours, UFO to UAP and USO, we've gone through a lot of different acronyms over the many, many years. So USO today means unidentified, submerged objects.
2:32.1	So, you know, pretty straightforward. And think of a UFO under the water.
2:36.4	It's submerged in the water. In earlier times, USO was used and it had actually meant
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