John Lennon - 1965

In 1965, shortly after the Beatles USA tour, which included their legendary Shea Stadium performance that was filmed and released in 1966. Lennon told Duffy that the device he was holding was a New York novelty store UFO detector. It was a device called a ‘Nothing Box’ created by the infamous ‘Magic’ Alex Mardas, a Greek electronics engineer who became head of The Beatles company ‘Apple Electronics.’ The sealed unit blinked its eight lights continuously for a year without the ability to be turned off or repaired. Lennon was very fond of Magic Alex and this device, using it to aid his psychedelic LSD trips.
Duffy and Lennon were great friends. Lennon often visited the studio or came to the house for dinner. On one occasion, he asked if it was okay to bring his friend Ringo inside for a cup of tea.