I, too, had a chance to see Dolan speak and am in agreement with the observations made by PopHistorian and Shane. It has been a real exercise in seeing because there have been times when, over the last year especially, I saw some of what's been mentioned here in this thread, but didn't dwell on it and have the data to see it for what it is - or what it symbolizes. For instance, there was an immediate sense that the substance of A.D., when I first heard of it, would be a big and not necessarily positive departure from his first book. (I haven't yet read his 2nd volume so I can't speak on it, but it looks to be good and in keeping with the first). A.D., as we know, speculates about how the world will experience Disclosure but the very thrust behind it is more sensational than anything else. It was a hunch that was to remain unknown, until recently. One thing that got in the way of seeing it was being so pleased with that fact that Dolan was coming as close as he was to divulging things publicly in the way that he was.
As PopHistorian said earlier, there was very little 'gravity' to Dolan's recent presentation. What came to mind for me when it was happening was that there was no terror of the situation conveyed - at all. And there should have been. One story Dolan told was shared with him by someone who was close to Jimmy Carter during Carter's presidency. As the story goes, soon after taking office, Carter was briefed about the UFO/ET situation (now this may or may not be a true, we just don't know). While this person close to Carter wasn't privy to the briefing, he noticed that Carter looked extremely distraught and saddened right after this meeting, holding his head in his hands for some time afterwards. The implication was that Carter heard something about our reality that we here already know. Based on my own experience, I have to say that I still experience shocks at stories such as this. Happens all the time. Even if I know of something that is true already, but the reality of it is driven home again, I can still get saddened, upset, or shocked by the reality of it again. I did not feel this way about anything Dolan said that day, including this story which sounds like it could have been written for the big screen.
During his talk Dolan also mentioned the burgeoning police state, the untruth of the 911 narrative, Obama being an elitist stooge, and the fact that some groups of et's are malevolent. All important truths. I have not heard of one ufo researcher, aside perhaps from Jim Marrs, who can and does speak out on all or most of these topics - or has written about many of these things. And certainly none of them can tie them all together. But Dolan has come across someone who has, convincingly, not only broached these topics in some depth, but tied them all together. And we know he did some of the reading! The question I ask now is how could he have read 'High Strangeness' and not integrated some of it? Because if he has, its not in evidence. How could he talk about all the things mentioned above and not give some kind of analysis that will wake people instead of, well, entertain them? Perhaps entertain is the wrong word -- but what is the right word? Excuse the analogy but it seems as useful as practicing medicine without using what one has learned in the last three years of medical school. If you've ever heard him speak you'd know that Dolan is an extremely bright, and articulate individual. He also has an encyclopedic knowledge of what he's learned (or so it seems) And he's good at making connections between things. That said, maybe he just hasn't seen the substance of what he read. Maybe he can't? But if he is capable, it seems that he won't - or at least hasn't, yet. This is a really sad loss in a way because right now it means that he prefers living the culture of disclosure instead of becoming a vessel for it.
