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For those unfamiliar, this is the case where a UFO emitting flames was seen by Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and her seven-year-old grandson, Colby. The UFO was seen to be escorted by over twenty Chinook helicopters. Following the encounter, Cash suffered severe health problems, and most importantly, attempted to sue the US government. The case was dismissed on the grounds that "the US government did not have such an object in their possession".
My question - were the witnesses really the types to be given to such flights of fancy? Is the situation they described plausible? Other witnesses were supposed to have seen a large number of helicopters on the night in question, if not the UFO itself.
If not an alien craft, what were the choppers escorting, and were the health problems and physical effects described and experienced by Cash unrelated?
Full Story:
Around 8.30 pm of December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and her seven-year-old grandson, Colby Landrum were on their way home to Dayton. They just left a road side restaurant in New Caney and were driving on a quite so isolated road FM 1485, covered by piney trees and oak and dotted with swamps and lakes, near Huffman, Texas.
Suddenly they noticed a large light above the road in front of them. After rounding a curve on the road they witnessed a huge glowing object blocking the way and belching flames out of the bottom.
They were frightened by what they saw but two ladies stepped the car to see what was happening. They were only about 60 metres away from the observed object. Only Colby Landrum stayed inside and begged his grandmother all the time to get back in the car and hold him. After about three minutes Vickie Landrum did so and told Colby not to be afraid because "when that big man comes out of the burning cloud it will be Jesus". Betty Cash was still standing there outside the car and watching the UFO.
When the object began to move up and away she also got back to the car door. The doorhandle was so hot that it burned her fingers so she had to use her leather jacket to protect her hands. They switched off the heater and put on the air conditioner instead. Then the all together, sitting in the car, watched the UFO moving away.
At the same time, a large number of unmarked helicopters appeared overhead and escorted the UFO at a distance. The witnesses identified some twenty-four Chinook helicopters participating in the action. "They seemed to rush in from all directions...it seemed like they were trying to encircle the thing" Betty said. Then the UFO and the helicopters disappeared and Betty Cash with her friend and the little boy continued to drive home. Some minutes later they could see the UFO and the chasing helicopters again and followed it in their car for a period of time. The helicopters were clearly visible in the light reflecting from the UFO object. And the witnesses identified as many as 23 helicopters. Many of them were large double rotor CH-47 Chinooks, the others were very fast single rotor types and could be of the Bell-Huey type. The witnesses were not sure about that.
They reached home less that an hour after the incident. Betty dropped Vickie and Colby off at their home at about 9.50 and went home alone. Once home she tried to rest and waited for the sickness to pass. But it did not happen. Over the next few hours Betty's skin turned red as if badly sun burned. Her neck swelled and blisters erupted and broke on her face, scalp and eyelids. She started to vomit and continued to do so through out the night.
At the same time between midnight and two o´clock in the morning Vickie and Colby began to suffer similar symptoms.
The next morning Betty was moved to Vickie's house. They tried to help each other but Betty's condition became worse. On January 3, 1981 she was taken to hospital. She could not walk, her hair began to fall out and her eyes became so swollen that she could not see. After 12 days she left the hospital but she returned back for a treatment for the next 15 days. Vickie Landrum and her granson Colby improved slowly but the sores on their skin and the damage to their eyes still persisted. Vickie´s eyesight never completely recovered and her granson´s health was not good as he suffered hair loss and sores on his skin.
A specialist´s medical statement was the following:
"We have strong evidence that these patients have suffered damage secondary to ionizing radiation. It is also possible that there was an infrared or ultraviolet component as well."
Betty Cash, who was mostly exposed for the some kind of radiation, has been hospitalized at least 25 times. She has had two operations for cancer and has suffered blood and eyesight problems.
Other witnesses
There were also others who witnessesed the incident near Huffman, Texas. An off duty Dayton policeman and his wife were driving home from Cleveland through the Huffman area the same night. They observed a large number of double rotor Being CH-47 Chinooks, a special kind of the craft used by the Army and the Marines.
A man living in Crosby, directly under the flight path, also reported seeing a large number of heavy military helicopters flying overhead.
And Oilfield laborer Jerry McDonald was in his back garden in Dayton when he witnessed a large UFO flying over his head. At first he thought it was the goodyear airship, but quickly realized it was something else. "It was kind of diamond shaped and had two twin torches that were shooting brilliant blue flames out the back", he said. As it passed about 45 metres above him he saw that it had two bright lights on it and a red light in the center.
But the US army's Fort Hood press officer, Major Tony Geishauser, told the Corpus Christi Caller that no Fort Hood aircraft were in the Houston area that night.
"I don't know any other place around here that would have that number of helicopters," he said. "I don't know what it could be..... unless there's a super secret thing going on and I wouldn't necessarily know about it."
All other bases in Texas and Louisiana denied they were responsible for the helicopters seen at the incident.
The victims of this terrible incident sued the U.S government for $20 million but on August 21, 1986, the U.S. District Court judge dismissed their case, on the grounds that the American did not have such an object in their possession.
The official investigation was conducted by Lt. Col. George Sarran who concluded that "... There was no evidence presented that would indicate that Army, National Guard, or Army Reserve helicopters were involved".
http://www.ufoarea.bravepages.com/encounters_cash.html
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My question - were the witnesses really the types to be given to such flights of fancy? Is the situation they described plausible? Other witnesses were supposed to have seen a large number of helicopters on the night in question, if not the UFO itself.
If not an alien craft, what were the choppers escorting, and were the health problems and physical effects described and experienced by Cash unrelated?
Full Story:
Around 8.30 pm of December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and her seven-year-old grandson, Colby Landrum were on their way home to Dayton. They just left a road side restaurant in New Caney and were driving on a quite so isolated road FM 1485, covered by piney trees and oak and dotted with swamps and lakes, near Huffman, Texas.
Suddenly they noticed a large light above the road in front of them. After rounding a curve on the road they witnessed a huge glowing object blocking the way and belching flames out of the bottom.
They were frightened by what they saw but two ladies stepped the car to see what was happening. They were only about 60 metres away from the observed object. Only Colby Landrum stayed inside and begged his grandmother all the time to get back in the car and hold him. After about three minutes Vickie Landrum did so and told Colby not to be afraid because "when that big man comes out of the burning cloud it will be Jesus". Betty Cash was still standing there outside the car and watching the UFO.
When the object began to move up and away she also got back to the car door. The doorhandle was so hot that it burned her fingers so she had to use her leather jacket to protect her hands. They switched off the heater and put on the air conditioner instead. Then the all together, sitting in the car, watched the UFO moving away.
At the same time, a large number of unmarked helicopters appeared overhead and escorted the UFO at a distance. The witnesses identified some twenty-four Chinook helicopters participating in the action. "They seemed to rush in from all directions...it seemed like they were trying to encircle the thing" Betty said. Then the UFO and the helicopters disappeared and Betty Cash with her friend and the little boy continued to drive home. Some minutes later they could see the UFO and the chasing helicopters again and followed it in their car for a period of time. The helicopters were clearly visible in the light reflecting from the UFO object. And the witnesses identified as many as 23 helicopters. Many of them were large double rotor CH-47 Chinooks, the others were very fast single rotor types and could be of the Bell-Huey type. The witnesses were not sure about that.
They reached home less that an hour after the incident. Betty dropped Vickie and Colby off at their home at about 9.50 and went home alone. Once home she tried to rest and waited for the sickness to pass. But it did not happen. Over the next few hours Betty's skin turned red as if badly sun burned. Her neck swelled and blisters erupted and broke on her face, scalp and eyelids. She started to vomit and continued to do so through out the night.
At the same time between midnight and two o´clock in the morning Vickie and Colby began to suffer similar symptoms.
The next morning Betty was moved to Vickie's house. They tried to help each other but Betty's condition became worse. On January 3, 1981 she was taken to hospital. She could not walk, her hair began to fall out and her eyes became so swollen that she could not see. After 12 days she left the hospital but she returned back for a treatment for the next 15 days. Vickie Landrum and her granson Colby improved slowly but the sores on their skin and the damage to their eyes still persisted. Vickie´s eyesight never completely recovered and her granson´s health was not good as he suffered hair loss and sores on his skin.
A specialist´s medical statement was the following:
"We have strong evidence that these patients have suffered damage secondary to ionizing radiation. It is also possible that there was an infrared or ultraviolet component as well."
Betty Cash, who was mostly exposed for the some kind of radiation, has been hospitalized at least 25 times. She has had two operations for cancer and has suffered blood and eyesight problems.
Other witnesses
There were also others who witnessesed the incident near Huffman, Texas. An off duty Dayton policeman and his wife were driving home from Cleveland through the Huffman area the same night. They observed a large number of double rotor Being CH-47 Chinooks, a special kind of the craft used by the Army and the Marines.
A man living in Crosby, directly under the flight path, also reported seeing a large number of heavy military helicopters flying overhead.
And Oilfield laborer Jerry McDonald was in his back garden in Dayton when he witnessed a large UFO flying over his head. At first he thought it was the goodyear airship, but quickly realized it was something else. "It was kind of diamond shaped and had two twin torches that were shooting brilliant blue flames out the back", he said. As it passed about 45 metres above him he saw that it had two bright lights on it and a red light in the center.
But the US army's Fort Hood press officer, Major Tony Geishauser, told the Corpus Christi Caller that no Fort Hood aircraft were in the Houston area that night.
"I don't know any other place around here that would have that number of helicopters," he said. "I don't know what it could be..... unless there's a super secret thing going on and I wouldn't necessarily know about it."
All other bases in Texas and Louisiana denied they were responsible for the helicopters seen at the incident.
The victims of this terrible incident sued the U.S government for $20 million but on August 21, 1986, the U.S. District Court judge dismissed their case, on the grounds that the American did not have such an object in their possession.
The official investigation was conducted by Lt. Col. George Sarran who concluded that "... There was no evidence presented that would indicate that Army, National Guard, or Army Reserve helicopters were involved".
http://www.ufoarea.bravepages.com/encounters_cash.html
More detailed account