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A.D. After Disclosure: When the Government Finally Reveals the Truth About Alien Contact
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or her own ideas more clearly.
    A final observation about this unique study: After assessing the probable transformations that will affect our society and ourselves following Disclosure, we have gained a deeper appreciation for why UFO secrecy has been maintained for so long. In that sense, even if Disclosure were never to happen, or at least never to happen as we think it will, we feel this book is of value by demonstrating the multifaceted, revolutionary nature of the UFO phenomenon. You may not agree with all of our examples, scenarios, or conclusions, but we welcome the debate.
    We are, however, confident that the truth will come out. We are not alone. And the Others are not light years away, some kind of cosmic penpals chatting by radio telescope. They are here, now.
    The day will come when humanity reviews its history and divides it between everything before the truth was spoken out loud and everything A.D ., or After Disclosure . Soon enough, we will all be living in the brave new world of life after contact.
    Richard M. Dolan
Rochester, New York
    Bryce Zabel
Los Angeles, California

Chapter 1
Day One: The Day Everything Changes
However long the night,
the dawn will break .
    —African Proverb
    White House correspondents are in an uproar. A few hours earlier, the press secretary told them that the president would appear in the late afternoon to make a “major announcement” on a topic of “global importance.” This brought howls of protest concerning the lateness of it all, a bit of unfortunate timing that guaranteed missed deadlines and high-stress “live” shots.
    Even while jammed into their windowless, cramped cubicles and spartan offices in the basement of the West Wing, these elite journalists from around the world had known for days that something was going on upstairs. They had reported about the late-night comings-and-goings around other power centers of Washington, D.C., but no reporter broke a story about what it meant. Instead, they tried to draw out the truth from each other without revealing any of their own suspicions.
    Now, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the anxiety is palpable. Each of the lucky occupants of the 49 assigned seats claimed theirspace early to avoid poaching. Meanwhile, the rest of the room is packed, with nearly as many reporters standing on the sidelines. This is not the first time they have been told of an inconvenient forthcoming announcement, but no one can remember one coming this late on a Friday. The reporter for the Associated Press, now seated front-row center, scribbles potential first questions. He stops, however, when the correspondent for National Public Radio, seated in the row immediately behind, wonders half-jokingly to no one in particular if it matters that the stock market just closed.
    The news reaches them that the president is on the way. The informal betting pool, run by the photographers, is closed to new wagers. The short odds now tilt toward military action against a terrorist training camp, followed by a radical new trade deal with China. The acknowledgment of a classified U.S. defense technology remains a long-shot that could pay off nicely. And while no one has placed a bet on it, a few wonder if this has something to do with that inexplicable “event” from last week. Clearly, there has to be a rational explanation for it, but what if… .
    The president enters. With him are key members of the U.S. Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This assembly of power seems to favor the military angle. Then someone notices that the Secretary of Commerce is also, inexplicably, standing with the group.
    The Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America checks his watch and steps up to the familiar podium.
    “After consultation with key members of our defense and intelligence community,” the president begins, “including the officials accompanying me here at
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