I am by nature the most intolerant and insular Englishman... If you happen to be a person like that and you learn from evidence (which you are prepar…

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

The best defence of the country is the fear of the fighter. If we are strong in fighters we should probably never be attacked in force. If we are mod…

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

Nearly all of us have a deep rooted wish for peace-peace on earth; but we shall never attain the true peace-the peace of love, and not the uneasy equ…

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

More than 10,000 sightings have been reported, the majority of which cannot be accounted for by any 'scientific' explanation. . .I am convinced that …

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

My strength has now been reduced to the equivalent of 36 squadrons...we should be able to carry on the war single-handed for some time if not indefin…

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

In the early stages of the fight Mr. Winston Churchill spoke with affectionate raillery of me and my "Chicks." He could have said nothing to make me …

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

Of course UFOs are real-and they are interplanetary.....The cumulative evidence for the existence of UFOs is quite overwhelming and I accept the fact…

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

I am convinced that these ojects do exist and that they are not manufactured by any nations on earth

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

Animals are our younger brothers and sisters, also on the ladder of evolution but a few rungs lower. It is an important part of our responsibilities …

- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding