On the night of December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Vickie’s grandson Colby were driving through the woods near Dayton, Texas when they encountered a large, diamond-shaped object being pursued by a handful of military choppers. Hours later, they suffered severe physical effects, including burns, blisters, and radiation poisoning which left them with lasting scars and lingering questions.
Episode Source Material
- The Cash Landrum incident, by John Schuessler. 1998/2022. UFO Books Press.
- The Cash Landrum UFO encounter (Kindle Edition) by George Dudding.
- Unveiling the unexplained: The enigmatic Cash-Landrum incident of 1980 (Kindle Edition) by Andreas Michaelides.
- Psychic vibrations: Between a beer joint and a highway warning sign: The “classic” Cash-Landrum case unravels by Robert Shaeffer.
- Alchetron.com: The Cash-Landrum incident.
- The reliability of UFO witness testimony: The legendary Cash-Landrum case: Radiation sickness from a close encounter? By Gary P. Posner.
- Blueblurylines.com: The Cash-Landrum UFO encounter of 1980 by Curt Collins.
- UFO.Whipnet.org: The Cash-Landrum UFO incident via Wayback Machine.
- Chron.com: UFO hunters TV show seeks to reopen Cash-Landrum case by Alex Wukman.
- Boeing.com: H-47 chinook – Heavy lift dominance.
- Transcript of Bergstrom AFB interview of Betty Cash, Vickie and Colby Landrum via Cufon.org.
- Kingwood.com: Huffman UFO- Kingwood in flight path.
- Texas Monthly: Close encounters of the lone star kind by Pamela Colloff.