The author's lifelong investigations of the Loch Ness Monster have prompted him to new and even grander speculations. He contends that historical sightings of unidentified flying "discs" and strange sea monster "dragons" have been the cornerstones of ancient religions. Weaving together the evidence of both "UFOs" and dragons, the author contends that their existence in some form is undeniable, and cites documentation from the Bronze Age in the British Isles, early cave art, ancient civilizations in Asia and Africa, North American Indians, medieval art, and mythology from all over the world. Using this documentation to both support and defend his own findings of "dragonlike" creatures in Scottish and Irish lakes, and recorded sightings of flying discs, the author presents a convincing case that both seemingly fantastic phenomena have existed, and do actually exist. Man's oldest religious beliefs use these phenomena, with the disc as symbolic of good, and the dragon as symbolic of evil. The author challenges the reader to reexamine the evidence with an open mind, for there very possibly are rational explanations for these age-old phenomena - explanations that can bridge the gap between fantasy and science. Ivan T. Sanderson, renowned writer and biologist, called this book true natural history and "one of the most worthwhile pieces of work I have ever been presented within our curious field." F. W. Holiday was a freelance journalist and newspaper columnist. He worked relentlessly on "investigations of the fantastic," and is the author of The Great Orm of Loch Ness.