Dayton, Texas 1980 UFO Encounter: The Contested Scorched-Road Claim and Shifting Witness Narratives
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Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Colby Landrum reported a diamond-shaped UFO with flame-like plasma and hovering maneuvers near Dayton, Texas, but the claim of a scorched road is unproven and likely a later embellishment, since Allan Hendry found no pavement marks and Alan Holt did not provide a verified road-damage account.