The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident: Heat, Helicopters, and a Prolonged Legal Battle (1980–1986)
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Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Colby Landrum witnessed a diamond-shaped UFO near Dayton, Texas in December 1980 that bathed the road in intense heat, was followed by helicopters, left them with burns and illness, sparked media coverage and investigations, and ended with a dismissed $20 million federal lawsuit, making it one of the most debated UFO cases in American history.