Case file · Non-fiction & research literature
Pope, 'Open Skies, Closed Minds'
Former Ministry of Defence official Nick Pope's account of his years handling UFO reports for the British government.
1996 CE · 51.50, -0.12 · status: account
The account
Pope, who ran the MoD's UFO desk in the early 1990s, said some cases, such as Rendlesham, raised defence questions. It is the best-known insider book from the British side.
The sceptical view
Critics say Pope's desk was a junior post and that he overstated its significance and the cases' strangeness.