UFO investigator Nick Pope.

Britain’s top UFO expert says there’s no smoking gun that proves UFOs exist, but he’s seen enough evidence to convert him from skeptic to believer.

Among the evidence, says Nick Pope, who ran the Ministry of Defense’s unexplained-encounter section from 1991 to 1994, are:

– a cigar-shaped object that passed so close to an airliner that the jet’s pilot was heard shouting “Look out, look out!”;

– a USAF pilot who caught up to and almost fired upon a UFO over England;

– a photo of a UFO that British officials worried might actually be part of a secret military project.

There’s no government cover-up, Pope makes clear in his posting Sunday on the science blog The X-Journals. But to him, there’s enough evidence in the files to convince anyone that more investigation is needed — and that even better material may soon be released.

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