Nick Pope:

Author, journalist and TV personality Nick Pope, who used to runthe British Government's UFO Project and is now recognised as one of the world's leading experts on UFOs, the unexplained and conspiracy theories.

Marco,I have placed my answers under your questions, below.I look forward to meeting you in Mexico.Best wishes,Nick Pope

1. Mr. Pope, what do you think will be that in recent months all over the world have beendeclassifying UFO contact files from their governmental institutions, where Russia, France,Denmark, Sweden, Brazil to name a few? You think that is because it follows the line of hiscountry in England? I think that when one country releases its UFO files, this puts pressure on other countries todo the same thing, because a precedent has been set. This is particularly true where thecountries concerned have laws about open government and freedom of information.Journalists, UFO researchers and the public can say to the authorities "all these countrieshave released their files, so why can't you?"2. Why do you think USA does not release the UFO files that you contact her?The Americans say that they have already released their UFO files, i.e. the material from theUnited States Air Force Project Blue Book, which was closed in 1969. Of course, manypeople believe that America has been investigating UFOs secretly, even after Blue Book wasclosed, so these are the files that people really want to see.3. You think that attitude is justified by the Government of England to close the office of UFOresearch in England? Why? This decision was taken to save money and to allow the Ministry of Defence (MoD) todisengage from a subject that was causing a lot of work. I think this is a mistake. However,sightings from pilots and UFOs tracked on radar will almost certainly still be looked at, so allthat has really happened is that the public will no longer be able to report sightings or askthe MoD questions on the subject.4. How do you see the global picture in coming months on the issue of declassification andconfirmation of extraterrestrial contact?The British Government will continue its programme to declassify and release its archive of UFO files. This process started in 2008 and is expected to be completed in 2011. I do notknow what will happen in other countries, but as I have said before, the more countries that