The incidents described may at first glance seem not only irrelevant to ‘ufology’, but merely the ramblings of a madman. Whatever might be the facts of this case, we seem to be presented here with the basis of a ‘flying saucer syndrome’, in which many of the familiar trappings of the UFO myth, as it has developed over the past forty years, are used by a possibly psychologically disturbed individual, to structure his view of the world, and his interactions with society and his environment.

On this basis, even if it has no objective foundation, or even if it is a total fabrication by the ‘percipient’, it is important as a study of an apparently increasingly common psychological syndrome. In a context such as this, such labels as ‘hoax’ are largely irrelevant and readers are referred to the article ‘Fact, Fraud and Fairytale’, which appeared in MUFOB New Series 9, Winter 1977-8.

Additionally, a number of the incidents and images described by the percipient bear interesting similarities with reports from other sources, both ‘ufological’ and otherwise.

read more: Magonia Magazine: A Lifetime of Curses.