Pope has written four books in total as of January 2009 and hundreds of articles relating to Ufology. All of his written works required clearance by the Ministry of Defence prior to publication; this is the case whenever any MOD employee writes a book and does not mean that the MOD in any way endorses his material.
- Open Skies, Closed Minds (ISBN 0-440-23489-1) - first publication and official biography.
- The Uninvited (ISBN 0-440-23487-5) - deals with alien abductions.
- Operation Thunder Child (ISBN 0-684-82442-6 or ISBN 0-671-01835-3)
- Operation Lightning Strike (ISBN 0-7432-0333-X)
Operation Thunder Child and
Operation Lightning Strike are science fiction novels based on his government work.
- You Can't Tell the People: The Cover-up of Britain's Roswell (foreword) - ISBN 0-283-06358-0
- A Covert Agenda: British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed (Introduction) - ISBN 0-684-81937-6
Nick Pope is currently working with Brigitte Grant on a book -
The Alien Within about her UFO and abduction experiences.
He is also working on a Gulf War techno-thriller entitled
Desert Fury, which is a speculative novel where things go very differently from what actually happened.
Open Skies, Closed Minds
Open Skies, Closed Minds is Pope's autobiographical account of his interest in ufology.
It provides an overview of the UFO phenomenon, with the emphasis on Pope's three-year tour of duty as the Ministry of Defence's UFO desk officer. It examines a number of well-known UFO cases, including the Roswell crash and the Rendlesham Forest Incident, as well as a number of less well-known cases from the MOD's UFO case-files. Pope also discusses the politics surrounding the way in which those within government and the military view UFO-phenomena.
Operation Thunder Child
Operation Thunder Child is Pope's first novel based on facts he uncovered whilst working for the MOD, UFOs and alien abductions. It was first published in 1999. The book had to be cleared by the Ministry of Defence prior to publication.
The novel can be described a techno-thriller that draws on real crisis-management procedures. In it the government and military are trying to cope with an increasingly intrusive and hostile alien presence. Drawing on government research on UFOs it is a "what if" novel that reflects some of the author's concerns about the defence and national security issues raised by the UFO phenomenon. In this novel Pope speculated that alien bodies (EBE's), had been taken to Porton Down.
The book received mixed reviews, with reviewers both describing it as an "excellent read" and describing the political content of the books as confusing and close to ranting, while other reviewers question the scientific plausibility of aspects of the novel.
Operation Lightning Strike
Published in 2000, it is the sequel to 'Operation Thunder Child'. The limited battles in the previous book give way to all-out war, with the fate of Earth hanging in the balance.
Video clips
Audio clips
- Online audio interview with Nick Pope
- BBC's PM Programme interviews Pope, 10 November 2006
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