Over at Binnall of America, Richard Thomas interviews forrmer British Ministry of Defense UFO investigator Nick Pope about his love for the long-running British sci-fi drama, Dr. Who. The interview contains several interesting points regarding UFOs, including the following exchange between Nick and Richard:

RT: “Two of the most memorable monsters not yet to return in the new series [of Dr. Who] are the Silurians and their aquatic cousins the Sea Devils: the original reptilian inhabitants of planet Earth. Curiously, Doctor Who and the Silurians came out in 1970 the same year as Ivan T. Sanderson’s Invisible Residents: The Reality of Underwater UFOs was first published. Do you think it might just be possible that another intelligent species like the Silurians or Sea Devils could have evolved right here on Earth? (ala the cryptoterrestrial hypothesis)

NP: “Well, I hope these monsters are brought back at some stage! I reference the cryptoterrestrial hypothesis a fair bit in my first sci-fi novel, Operation Thunder Child. There are plenty of USO (Unidentified Submerged Object) reports and many UFO sightings where an object is seen over water, so who knows? I’m not hugely attracted to the cryptoterrestrial hypothesis, but I certainly can’t rule it out. And as the saying goes, we arguably know less about the deep ocean than we do about the Moon or Mars.”

And here’s the link to the rest of the interview.

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3 Comments to “Sci-Fi & UFOs”

1. drjon Says:
   January 29th, 2009 at 7:50 am

   Worth noting is the persistent rumour/leak which says the Sea Devils (although not the Silurians) will return in one of the Dr Who Specials to air this year.

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