Since the shocking revelation about the US Government’s UFO research programme in 2017, the topic of extraterrestrial visitors has gradually shifted from conspiracy theories to mainstream discussion.
In recent times, military experts have sworn before the US Congress that the Pentagon ran a “multi-decade” programme which collected and attempted to reverse-engineer crashed alien crafts.
However, the official government “disclosure” of contact with aliens, whether through interstellar craft landings or the recently reported “non-human technological signature” allegedly detected by an Australian radio telescope, seems as distant as ever.
Nick Pope, who was once in charge of analysing UFO reports for the Ministry of Defence, shared his unsettling theory about why that might be with Simon Holland in a leaked email.
Simon made global headlines earlier this month when he claimed that evidence of alien life had been discovered by an Oxford-backed satellite programme. He even suggested that it could be announced to coincide with the US election on November 5.
But in the email, which appeared on Reddit and has been verified as genuine by the Mirror, Nick proposes that any potential message detected by the extraterrestrial research group should be thoroughly analysed before being made public. Why? Because, he claims, “in case it contains a truth too terrible to be told”.
Nick Pope wrote: “I don’t believe that the US presidential election, or the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East or Ukraine have a bearing on the timescale.
“One factor that might have a bearing on timing relates to a scenario where the assessment is that we’re looking at not just a signal, but a message.”
“It would be prudent to have a go at decoding the message before making an announcement – in case it contains a truth too terrible to be told.”
The message could reveal, for example, that humanity is simply “a science experiment” for advanced beings or that aliens are “demonic”.
Professor Simon Holland said he found Pope’s speculation “deeply disturbing,” but many experts fear that the “ontological shock” of facing an alien civilisation could trigger a global psychological crisis.
Reflecting on humanity’s readiness for such a disclosure, Pope admitted: “I believed people were ready for Disclosure. The response to Covid made me rethink this. I overestimated societal resilience, and underestimated the panic generated by something unfamiliar and threatening.”
He has previously suggested a theory that our universe might simply be an advanced video game in the hands of entities so supremely developed they might as well be considered gods.
“Often in cosmology, there seems to be a disconnect between theory and observation,” he stated. “In religious terms, it would be as if several different gods all had a hand in creating the universe, and all had their different styles.”
