Nick Pope ( born 19 September 1965 ) is a freelance british diarist, media commentator and erstwhile civil handmaid. Whilst an employee at the british Government ‘s Ministry of Defence ( MoD ), Pope was responsible, among early duties, for investigating UFO phenomenon to determine if they had any defense significance. He moved to the United States in January 2012. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Ministry of Defence [edit ]

pope worked as a civil handmaid for the Ministry of Defence from 1985 to 2006. From 1991 to 1994 he worked in Secretariat ( Air Staff ) Sec ( AS ) 2a more normally known as the “ UFO desk ”, where his duties included investigating reports of UFO sightings, to see if they had any defense significance.

At the time, while the Ministry of Defence stated that it “ remains wholly open-minded about the universe or differently of extraterrestrial being lifeforms ”, it besides stated that there was no evidence to suggest that any UFO sightings posed any threat to the UK or that they were extraterrestrial in origin. [ 4 ] It is well-defined from substantial that Pope wrote whilst still at the MoD that he did not share the MoD ‘s opinion that conventional explanations could be found for all UFO sightings. [ 5 ] Pope ‘s final examination stake in the MoD was to the Directorate of Defence Security. In 2009 MoD announced that UFO sightings would no long be investigated. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

Media work [edit ]

In November 2006, Mr. Pope stated that the government ‘s “ X-Files have been closed down ”. [ 9 ] He continues his research and probe in a private capacity and nowadays works as a mercenary diarist and media observer, covering subjects that include the unexplained, conspiracy theories, space, skill fiction and fringe science. [ 10 ] He does work for a number of film companies and PR agencies, promoting the release of skill fabrication films. [ 11 ] On 24 June 2013 he appeared on IGN ‘s comedy show Up at Noon promoting the game The Bureau : XCOM Declassified. [ 12 ]

In 2015, he appeared in multiple episodes of UFOs Declassified, airing on Canada ‘s History Television, the UK ‘s yesterday, and Smithsonian Channel in the US. [ 13 ] Since 2019 he has often appeared on the New York Post UFO YouTube series The Basement Office alongside diarist Steven Greenstreet. [ 14 ]

Books [edit ]

Open Skies, Closed Minds is Pope ‘s autobiographical account of his sake in ufology. It provides an overview of the UFO phenomenon, with the stress on Pope ‘s three-year enlistment of duty at the Ministry of Defence where his responsibilities included investigating UFO sightings and any shock they might have on UK national defense. [ 15 ] Pope besides discusses the politics surrounding the way in which those within government and the military scene UFO-phenomena. In 1997 he released a moment script on alike themes entitled The Uninvited. His bible Encounter in Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World’s Best-Documented UFO Incident, written with John Burroughs, USAF, Ret., and Jim Penniston, USAF, Ret., was published by Thomas Dunne Books in April 2014. pope has besides written two skill fabrication novels, Operation Thunder Child and its sequel Operation Lightning Strike. [ 16 ] In 2018 Pope published the political thriller Blood Brothers. [ 17 ]

journalism [edit ]

Pope besides writes for on-line alternative news locate Neon Nettle [ 18 ] in which he talks about current topics and news program vitamin a well as UFO based material on the site fortnightly column.

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