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Nick Pope is a 25 year serving former employee of the British Government's Ministry of Defence. He is most notable for having served as a regular term between 1991 and 1994 as that agency's official first point of contact and investigator of UFO reports and sightings. Initially sceptical, his investigation of newly reported UFO incidents and access to government files on the subject soon convinced him that the phenomenon raised important national security issues, especially when the witnesses were military pilots or where UFOs were tracked on radar.

Nick also looked into other mysteries such as alien abductions and crop circles. He now continues his research in a private capacity and is recognised as a leading authority on UFOs and the unexplained. He has done extensive media work, including appearances on Newsnight and Radio 4's Today programme. He has lectured all around the world and acted as consultant on several TV documentaries.

Presentation on the 25th at 10:00 AM

The Ministry of Defense and the release of classified UFO files

Britain is at the centre of a UFO firestorm. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is in the process of releasing decades worth of UFO files, packed with thousands of fascinating cases, including UFOs seen by police officers and pilots, and UFOs being tracked on radar. There are also files from the Defence Intelligence Staff, some of which contain documents that were classified Secret UK Eyes Only. Simultaneously, figures released by the MoD show that UFO sightings have rocketed to a 10-year high. There have been several spectacular UFO sightings in the UK recently, including two near-misses between UFOs and police helicopters, and the incident where a UFO was thought to have collided with a wind turbine. 

Interestingly, far from ignoring or ridiculing all this, the media have given the subject unprecedented coverage, with mainstream coverage including a feature on prestigious news programmes such as Newsnight.  Britain's best-selling national daily newspaper, The Sun, has run a UFO story as their main front page headline twice in the past few months and have an ongoing campaign to keep the subject in the public eye. Nick Pope has found himself at the centre of this media attention and is invariably asked to comment. This hasn't just been in the UK. Nick was commissioned to write an op-ed on UFOs for the New York Times.  He has also been interviewed on the ABC News show Nightline and the Fox News program America's Newsroom. In his presentation, Nick will update attendees on all this, speculate on what it means and discuss what may happen next.

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