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).
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 (free download).