dprogram • Nick Pope - The Naked Civil Servant


Home > 1 View Video Clip Extract from dprogram Volume 1 "There may be a very thin line between a lot of these unknown mysteries. There may well be a psychic, or parapsychological aspect to many UFO sightings. There are obviously strange things going on in the universe that we don't currently understand and there may be many links between things which conventional researchers think are entirely separate." Nick Pope Nick Pope is a British Civil Servant, currently working in a job he says he finds interesting and stimulating as HEO in Evacuation and Supplies at the Ministry of Defence in London. What is more unusual about this government employee is that for three years prior to his current posting, he worked as the Secretariat (Air Staff) 2A - the Ministry of Defense's own official 'UFO Desk' where reports of sightings by the public are handled. What is highly unusual are that his conclusions, published in his book 'Open Skies, Closed Minds' differ dramatically from the normal government line. Exposure to the raw data collected by the Ministry changed him from a sceptic to a believer in the reality of the UFO phenomenon. What to many observers of the UFO scene, was most surprising of all was that after protracted internal deliberations, the MOD eventually gave its permission for the book's publication. Could this be a tacit recognition of the validity of Nick's conclusions? Reformed Sceptic Nick Pope When I came into the job at the MoD I was a complete sceptic - I didn't know anything about UFO's, nor did I believe in flying saucers. But then as I went through that three years and as I went through the MoD case files, and as I read some of the UFO literature, as I went out and met some of the witnesses I began to realise that my view of the universe was not set in stone and I had to change my mind on things. I think it's the theory that best fits the evidence, although in many ways it may not be the only thing going on. I think if we ever do crack the UFO mystery we may find that there's not one simple answer. We may find that there's a whole range of answers, some of them may be nuts and bolts crafts from elsewhere, some of them may be more psychic phenomena, its difficult to say. But yes, certainly some are craft from elsewhere, from other intelligent civilisations in the universe. UFO's and Quantum Mechanics Conventional science always frowns on UFOlogy - probably because they use the word 'ology' at the end of it and they don't like that. But if these scientists would look closer at their own world, at the world of quantum mechanics, quantum physics, they'd see that there are things going on in the quantum universe which defy all the known laws of physics. You have cause and effect not being linked, you have particles coming into existence for no reason at all - no causal reason. You have the whole business of particle/wave duality and you have the whole business of particles somehow being able to sense what other particles are doing at a distance which simply wouldn't be possible because you'd need something that would travel faster than the speed of light. Einstein referred to this as "spooky action at a distance". In many ways modern science, when you think of quantum mechanics, is becoming closer and closer to some parapsychology. Further Research nickpope.net The Weird World of Nick Pope The Mutual UFO Network Further Reading Books by Nick Pope: Open Skies, Closed Minds The Uninvited Operation Thunder Child (Fiction) Operation Lightning Strike (Fiction) Home > 1 email • mail order credits © dprogram 1996>2008
	Originally broadcast on UK television's Channel 4, dprogram is an award winning, mind expanding trip featuring rare and exclusive interviews with leading edge personalities from areas like cyber culture, consciousness research, parapsychology, music and art. Volume 1 includes: • Dan Mapes CEO of San Francisco's leading edge virtual reality design company SynergyLabs on the metaphysics of VR. • Jah Wobble Musician and founder member of Public Image Limited on Cockney mystics, creativity and the inspiration of William Blake. • Dr Sara Parker UC Berkeley scholar on the New Age 'colonisation' of Native American spirituality. • Bishop Joey Head of the First Church of the Last Laugh - the worlds fastest growing snack relgion! • Burning Man A unique four day experience exploring creativity and consciousness in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. • Willis Harman Former president of The Institute of Noetic Sciences on their 'conventional research into unconventional areas'. • Dr Edgar Mitchell Founder of The Institute of Noetic Sciences and Apollo 14 astronaut on parapsychology experiments in space. • Nick Pope of the British Ministry of Defence on why he had to change his mind about the UFO phenomenom. • Peter Russell Author, on the global brain, spirituality on the net and our part in the evolution of the planet. • Ann & Alexander Shulgin Pioneer researchers into psychedelics and the mind, on the politics of ecstacy. And more... Running time: 70 mins. £19.99 plus Post & Packing. Post & Packing rates: For the UK add £3.00 For Europe add £4.00 For the United States and the Rest of the World add £6.00 ORDER ONLINE Snail Mail Orders: Make a Cheque, Postal Order or International Money Order payable to Digital Media Labs and send to: Digital Media Labs 8 Manson House 16-17 Manson Place London SW7 5LT United Kingdom Customer Service Helpline: +44 (0) 20 7225 0861 Please Note dprogram is only available on VHS PAL. To play this tape in the US you must use a multi-region video machine capable of playing PAL format tapes. We are currently working to provide dprogram on DVD. If you would like to be notified when this becomes available enter your email address below.