Talk:Nick Pope

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[edit] Biography: SEO Grade

The biography says that the civilian grade SEO (Senior Executive Officer) is equivalent to Lieutenant-Colonel. This is nonsense. The grade SEO is at most equivalent to a Sergeant in the armed forces, if that. More likely a senior corporal/warrant officer. No way on earth is an SEO equivalent to a Lt.Col in the army - an officer commanding hundreds of others in combat! An SEO would never, ever, have more than a small roomful of people under his "command" and usually he would only directly command 3 or 4! ~ ~ Paul Murphy (ex civil-servant!) ~ ~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.40.178.158 (talk • contribs)

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h MOD Manual 9 (I think) gives equivalent grades for civilians and military staff, based, I think, on messing arrangements, not the number of people one might manage or command. There is an equivalence, and SEO (now C1) is roughly equivalent to Lt. Colonel, Commander RN and Wing Commander RAF. B2 is Colonel, B1 Brigadier etc. Jas 00:35, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Evidence?

Is there any evidence for Pope's assertions? Everything I've heard him say has been unsubstantiated. I suggest that any evidence be brought forward otherwise there's a risk he might be seen as just another conspiracy theorist. Jas 00:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

The guy was (or still is) a MI-5 and/or a MI-6 operative who was assigned "The UFO Desk" while he was in the MoD. What he found there should scare the shit out people, especially those who believe everything from that there are no UFOs,etc. to Aliens are friendly. The former are incorrect and for the latter, not all aliens are friendly. 65.163.112.214 03:47, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

The article claims that he worked for the MOD. I understand this is true. If this is true, then he was not an operative in MI5 (now called BSS) or MI6 (properly SIS), as BBS is owned by the Home Office and SIS by the Foreign Office.MOD employees are sometimes seconded and if this was the case, then this should be stated. Many people work for the MOD and they cannot discuss their work - but this does not mean they are "operatives" or are involved in some sneaky conspiracy. If there is some EVIDENCE, then bring this forward. The claims in the article are unsubstantiated and appear to be fanciful conjecture. Next, we will hear that the Tooth Fairy has invaded Slough, but there's no evidence this is true because it's been covered up, this lack of evidence proving the truth of said Tooth Fairy assertion.Jas (talk) 09:25, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

As well, Pope's evidence would be extensively listed in his books, check the "Written Works" section for those references. Listing evidence for or against the UFO phenomenon, as presented by Pope or otherwise, is not part of the scope of this article, as this article is about Nick Pope and not about UFOs. Kt'Hyla (talk) 01:19, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citations & References

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 08:02, 5 February 2008 (UTC)