04-06-2026, 10:15 PM
Nick Pope 1965-2026 | Coast to Coast AM
He apparently died from cancer.
I didn't care all that much for how badly Pope inflated his importance in the UFO community, but he did bring a lot of attention to the field, and that at the very least is respectable.
Quote:Nick Pope, a prominent voice in the study of unidentified aerial phenomena, has died after a battle with cancer. He was widely known for his work with the UK’s Ministry of Defence, where he investigated UFO reports in the 1990s, and was dubbed by the media as the real-life Fox Mulder (the fictional X-Files character portrayed by David Duchovny).Nick Pope - My heart is breaking -- Nick passed away this... | Facebook
After leaving government service, Pope became a leading civilian commentator on UFOs, and was regularly featured in documentaries, news programs, and conferences. He championed greater transparency and scientific inquiry, and was the author of a number of books including "Open Skies, Closed Minds," and "The Uninvited: An Expose of the Alien Abduction Phenomenon."
Over the years, he was a frequent guest on Coast to Coast AM. Among his many appearances, listeners may revisit a 2007 interview with George Noory, in which Pope detailed his investigations into UFO sightings for the British military
Quote:My heart is breaking -- Nick passed away this afternoon at our home. The last few weeks of his life, even as he suffered, he managed to do a few interviews from home. I was so lucky to have met and to have married Nick. He was a wonderful husband. I loved him dearly.
-Elizabeth Weiss
He apparently died from cancer.
I didn't care all that much for how badly Pope inflated his importance in the UFO community, but he did bring a lot of attention to the field, and that at the very least is respectable.
