“You Don’t Talk About It” | A UK Police Inspector Investigates UFOs

August 14, 2026

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“I have interviewed about 250 police officers in a period of about four or five years,” says UK Police Inspector Roy Teague. “I would suggest ninety-nine percent of them had never spoken about the incidents before.” Teague, a serving officer of 27 years, has spent the last decade collecting the accounts his colleagues would not share—until now. His book, Close Encounters of the Police Kind, compiles 75 of the strongest cases, many from officers who stayed silent for decades out of fear of professional ruin.

Why Police Make Unusually Credible Witnesses

Teague argues that police training creates a distinct kind of witness. New officers complete the PEACE interview course, a week-long program on how to extract reliable testimony. They also learn the “A to H” mnemonic for suspect descriptions—age, build, colour, distinguishing marks, elevation, face, gait, height, individual marks, jewellery—and the ADVOKATE framework for statement-taking: amount of time under observation, distance, visibility, obstructions, known or seen before, and so on.

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1 (00:00) **Advertisements** - Kia and Optimum ads for the first minute of the episode.
2 (01:30) **Advertisements** - Ridwell recycling service ad.
3 (02:02) **The Radar Technician’s Sighting (Matthew Hope)** - A pre-interview anecdote about a former RAF airman tracking an object at 28,800 mph over British airspace in 1993.
4 (03:16) **Introduction of Guest** - Host Andy welcomes serving UK Police Inspector Roy Teague, author of *Close Encounters of the Police Kind*.
5 (05:54) **Origin of Interest & The “No Sighting” Paradox** - Roy explains how a documentary on UFOs and nukes sparked his investigation, and why he believes without having seen anything himself.
6 (10:46) **UK vs. US UFO Conversation** - The stark contrast between American political engagement and British silence on UAP.
7 (14:58) **Dismantled Reporting Mechanisms** - How police used to record UFO sightings via daily occurrence books that could reach the RAF, and how that process has been deliberately stopped.

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Show Notes

Inspector Roy Teague is a serving UK police officer, researcher and author of Close Encounters of the Police Kind, a collection of UFO and unexplained encounters reported by British police officers.

Roy joins me to discuss what he learned from speaking with hundreds of serving and former officers, why so many witnesses stayed silent for years, how police training can affect the way unusual incidents are observed and reported, and the continuing stigma surrounding the UFO subject in the UK.

We also get into some of the cases that stood out during his research, including an extraordinary RAF radar incident from 1993, sightings involving police helicopters, how an unusual report would actually be handled by police today, and why Britain remains so reluctant to engage publicly with the UAP issue.

A grounded conversation about witness testimony, evidence, stigma and what may be going unreported in UK skies.

Close Encounters of the Police Kind is available now.

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