Whistleblowers1996

Former MoD UFO desk officer Nick Pope publishes 'Open Skies, Closed Minds'

When: 1996
Sources: 2 public sources

Nick Pope, the former Ministry of Defence UFO desk officer, author of 'Open Skies, Closed Minds' David Howard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nick Pope, who handled UFO reports for a Ministry of Defence division from 1991 to 1994, published a nonfiction account of official reactions to UFO reports drawn from that posting. The MoD's position was that it looked at reports only for defence significance.

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FirsthandArchive: books by Nick Pope (Open Skies, Closed Minds, 1996) (opens in a new tab)Nick Pope (nickpope.net) / 1996
FirsthandMy time as a UFO investigator for the government (Nick Pope) (opens in a new tab)BBC Future / 2016-03-22

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