Why did you decide to leave the UFO Project and the Ministry of Defence?
After having done the job for 3 years I was promoted and moved to another post at a higher grade. There’s certainly no truth to the rumour that I was moved because I was getting too close to the truth, as some conspiracy theorists allege. I left the MoD in November 2006 after a 21 year career. I’d passed the Assessment and Development Centre, so could have applied for a post at B2 level (formerly known as Grade 7 and Principal), but had already deputised extensively at this grade, so decided it was an appropriate time to move on to fresh challenges outside the Department. The year 2008 noted twice as more UFO sightings than the year before, British Defence Ministry announced. In your opinion, do the media cover more claims of persons who encountered UFOs, have UFOs stopped being a taboo subject or has the actual number of UFO visits increased? Increasing numbers of UFO sightings are being reported in the UK. Here are the Ministry of Defence figures (which only tell part of the story, a
