Pentagon Officials Blocked UFO Research Believing Phenomenon Was Demonic Activity

What was said

"One of the biggest things surprisingly that he ran into with opposition within the Pentagon, within the Defense Department, to the work that he was doing, is that there was a very large contingent of people that believed that this was a demonic force. As in demons, and that we shouldn't be doing it. We shouldn't be investigating it. We shouldn't be poking the tiger in the eye."

Nick Pope confirms that both he and Luis Elizondo encountered significant resistance from Pentagon and Ministry of Defense officials who viewed UFO phenomena as demonic rather than extraterrestrial. This fundamentalist religious faction, citing biblical passages like Ephesians describing Satan as 'the prince of the power of the air,' actively opposed UAP research programs believing investigation would 'feed it and give it energy.' Pope notes this religious opposition proved a greater obstacle than scientific skepticism.