The MoD
'shredded' the picture, UFO expert Nick Pope claimed
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UFO investigator Nick Pope, who formerly ran the Ministry of Defence’s project on the subject, has insisted that “compelling” evidence of extraterrestrials is out there, but has been covered up by the government.
He told BBC
Radio Scotland Show, Tales of the Unexplained, he insists that the best picture
of a UFO he ever saw was that of a “diamond-shaped metallic craft” suspended in
the sky over the village of Calvine in Perthshire.
The
highland incident, which occurred near Pitlochry, was spotted by two men, who
reportedly saw the 25 metre craft hover for 10 minutes before charging up intothe heavens at great speed. Not before the onlookers managed to obtain a colour
photograph however, which was sent to the Ministry of Defence.
Military
planes were visible in the background and seemed to be escorting “or even
chasing” the UFO, Pope told BBC Radio Scotland
After
experts told Pope that they believed the photo was genuine, the UFO expert, who
worked at the Ministry of Defence from 1991 to 1994, blew up the mysterious
picture and pasted it on the wall in his office.
However the
picture was taken down by the head of his division, recalls Pope, and it was
suggested to him that putting up such pictures was inappropriate. The mystery
photo then never reappeared, even when the MoD declassified and released the
files in later years.
“I suspect
that certain people thought that this was some secret prototype aircraft, a
next-generation stealth that maybe nobody should be seeing.” he told BBC Radio
Scotland.
It’s not
the first time that Scotland has been a target for UFOs. In 2010, it was
revealed that authorities in Bonnybridge, Scotland repeatedly wrote to Downing
Street due to the high levels of sightings in the area.
One of the
most high profile UFO encounters that occured in a remote part of Scotland is
to be made into a movie released this year. It tells the story of Garry Woodand Colin Wright, who claim they were abducted along the Edinburgh to Ayr road.
Nick Pope
can be heard on BBC Radio Scotland at 2pm on Thursday.
One of the
first of many UFO photographs taken
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