Showing posts with label The Cash-Landrum Incident. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Cash-Landrum Incident. Show all posts

Friday, March 08, 2019

The US Government’s Cash-Landrum UFO Investigations



The US Government’s Cash-Landrum UFO Investigations

     The 2017 disclosure of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) renewed interest in the US government’s post-Project Blue Book investigations of UFOs. The Cash-Landrum incident of December 29, 1980, occurred about ten years after the Air Force study of UFOs came to an official close. Documents prove that there was an official interest in the Cash-Landrum case, so it provides a perfect subject to use in a search for evidence of further UFO investigations by government agencies.
Curt Collins
By Curt Collins
www.blueblurrylines.com
3-7-19

There were several known official inquiries into the Cash-Landrum case, from the local level to the federal government. Some are well-known, while there are others that are virtually unheard of. We’ll look at them all, and provide sources for further information.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

The $20 Million Cash-Landrum UFO Story

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The $20 Million Cash-Landrum UFO Story

      The Cash-Landrum UFO case publicity made a splash in 1981, but had a second wave starting in 1983 after the filing of the lawsuit against the US Government for 20 million dollars in damages. The suit stuck to the details of original incident, avoiding later embellishments such as the legend of the scorched road being removed and replaced by men in unmarked trucks.

Despite the resolve of Betty Cash and Vickie Landrum, there was not sufficient evidence to take the case to trial, and as attorney Peter Gersten later revealed, it was a bluff:

By Curt Collins
www.blueblurrylines.com
3-18-16
“The lawsuit was brought in hope that behind the scenes the government would say, `Let’s keep this quiet, we’ll take care of the medical expenses and make sure nothing else happens’."Houston Chronicle, Texas Magazine, Page 8, 2 Star Edition, 11/17/1996 [...]

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Is The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident Solved?


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By Shawn Jason
www.examiner.com
7-9-13


     When it comes to UFO reports, people often witness helicopters in close proximity to unidentified flying objects. While there are several examples of this, none are more well-known than the Cash-Landrum Incident. The sighting occurred on December 29, 1980 and is one of the few cases in which the witnesses experienced adverse health issues as a result of it. In addition, it would later lead to a civil suit against the US government for damages.

On that fateful night, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and her grandson Colby were driving home to Dayton, Texas. As they traveled down Farm-To-Market Rd 1485, a desolate stretch of road in Piney Woods northeast of Houston, Colby noticed a light ahead of them just over the tree line. Initially their first thought was it's an airplane or helicopter from one of the nearby airfields. However, once it got closer they realized this was no ordinary aircraft.

The UFO, which now hovered over the road directly in front of them, was shaped like a diamond with the top and bottom cutoff. At regular intervals it was shooting out an intense stream of reddish-orange flames from the bottom. They described it as something akin to a rocket blast. Betty had brought the car to an immediate stop to avoid driving underneath it. . . .

. . . Fast-forward almost 19 years to the day, a then secret military aircraft would soon make headlines as the result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the magazine Popular Mechanics. The craft, named the Lenticular Reentry Vehicle (LVR), was a nuclear flying saucer designed by the Los Angeles Division of North American Aviation under contract with the U.S. Air Force. Until then, this flying saucer had been hidden away for years under the Pentagons cloak of “black budget” secrets. The project was classified from 1962 until December 28, 1999 when it was cleared for public release. . . .