nostr:npub12u5cyzzxp2mz3r0963e7j46ayce3puxtcxvwt6uzffpwf4l2razswpu6aa it strikes me as cruel to have pranked Dowding (who was born in Moffat). He was a sorry figure in later life. He dreamed about the "boys" who had died in the Battle of Britain and became a Spiritualist- presumably a response to the trauma and stress of 1940
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nostr:npub1ex328w5w0hjweznw8t6f9epk5w5xy4ak6kzyc7y93lfjtelxuymsk9c58j I'm not sure they set out to prank him directly - rather the UFO-ology in general. The whole Lossiemouth "Martian" story was fabricated and the book published well before they knew his involvement. If anything it was Desmond Leslie who "converted" Dowding to it, so the blame more should be laid at his door for taking advantage of the aging Dowding who was clearly looking for answers/salvation/hope beyond what war had given.