United Kingdom, April 7 -- The UK's top UFO expert Nick Pope has died at the age of 60.

The former Ministry of Defence (MoD) official - who was at the helm of what was dubbed Britain's "UFO Desk" for three years from 1991 to 1994 - passed away a short time after being diagnosed with Stage 4 oesophageal cancer.

His wife Elizabeth Weiss announced his passing on Monday (06.04.26)

She said: "My heart is breaking. Nick passed away this afternoon at our home.

"The last few weeks of his life, even as he suffered, he managed to do a few interviews from home.

"I was so lucky to have met and to have married Nick. He was a wonderful husband. I loved him dearly."

In his statement telling his X followers in March that he had been diagnosed with ...