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|    SUBJECT: WOMAN SAYS CLOSE ENCOUNTER LEFT    |
|    27 Jan 26 06:34:15    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 416.fidonet_ufo@1:3634/60 2dddda57       PID: Synchronet 3.19b-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan 2 2022 MSC 1928       TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 master/a2a9dc027 Jan 2 2022 MSC 1928       COLS: 80       BBSID: RICKSBBS       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: Synchronet msgeditor master/a2a9dc027              SUBJECT: WOMAN SAYS CLOSE ENCOUNTER LEFT SCARS FILE: UFO1276                     NEWS CLIPPING SERVICE              DATE OF ARTICLE: March 15, 1989       SOURCE OF ARTICLE: Post-Herald       LOCATION: Birmingham, Alabama       BYLINE: Kathy Kemp       ========================================================       (C) Copyright 1989 ParaNet Information Service       All Rights Reserved.       THIS FILE WAS PROVIDED BY THE UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE       AND PREPARED BY PARANET ALPHA -- PARANET INFORMATION       SERVICE       PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE BBS       PARANET ALPHA       DENVER, COLORADO       NOTE: THESE FILES ARE NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE       OF THE PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE NETWORK       ========================================================              WOMAN'S CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH UFO LEFT LASTING SCARS              By Kathy Kemp       Post-Herald Reporter              Cr: L. Phillips               LINCOLN--Betty Cash thought the world was coming to an end.        In the Bible, she knew, it was written that a great flame       would destroy the Earth. And all she could see as she stood on       that lonely stretch of Texas road and stared toward the heavens       was scorching ball of fire.        "It lit up the sky like it was daylight," Mrs. Cash says,       sitting in the den of her sunny mobile home on Lake Logan Martin       in rural Talladega County.        "That's the first thing that came into our minds, that the       world was ending. That thing was so bright, it took us a while       to get our sight to where we could see it was actually an object.        "I have never been so terrified. All we could think of was       how are we going to get out of here without being burned alive."        Eight years have passed since Mrs. Cash--along with her       friend Vickie Landrum and Mrs. Landrum's grandson, Colby--       confronted what they thought was the apocalypse.        The group had gone out the night of Dec. 29, 1980, in search       of a bingo game, forgetting that the halls would be closed for       the Christmas holidays. They were returning to their homes in       Dayton, Texas, on a deserted stretch of road near New Caney when       they had what UFO researchers would later refer to as a close       encounter of the second kind.        After their eyes had adjusted to the ball of fire, the women       and the young boy began to make out a diamond shaped object that       was spitting flames toward the ground. As the flames shot out,       they could hear a whooshing sound, and the object--which Mrs.       Cash says was about the size of a country water tower--would rise       a bit higher in the sky.        Later, while she lay in a hospital bed with burns and what       appeared to be radiation poisoning, Mrs. Cash would tell a       fantastic tale. Mrs. Landrum and Colby, who were treated for       similar symptoms, would confirm her story.        They said that 23 helicopters--the sophisticated double       rotary models that they later identified as CH-47 chinooks--were       flying around the fiery object, as if they were trying to either       pull or escort it to another location.        They said that although the temperature at the time was in       the 40's, their car got so hot that Mrs. Cash had to use her       leather jacket like a potholder as she opened the driver's door       to get back in. An indentation in the dashboard of Mrs. Cash's       1980 navy blue Cutlass is actually the handprint of Mrs. Landrum,       who rested her palm on the dash as she stared out the windshield,       they said.        Since then, both women have developed numerous health       problems, and Mrs. Landrum's grandson has shown signs of       emotional distress. Mrs. Cash said she was in the hospital for       six weeks with blisters, burns, headaches, vomiting and diarrhea,       and she has photographs of herself that show great clumps of hair       missing from her scalp.        Mrs. Cash, who grew up in Birmingham and had lived in Texas       30 years, returned to Alabama in early 1981 to live with her       mother, who provided the nursing the hospital told her she       needed. Divorced from her first husband in 1979, Mrs. Cash       married again several years ago and moved into the mobile home by       the lake.        Although many have dismissed their experience as imaginary,       Mrs. Cash and the Landrums have a strong ally in the Texas based       Mutual UFO Network, a international non profit organization that       investigates and documents UFO sightings.        "As far as I'm concerned, it's one of the most spectacular       cases I've ever seen," says John Schuessler, a Houston engineer       and MUFON deputy directory. Schuessler, who has been with MUFON       since the late 1960s, investigated the Cash-Landrum case shortly       after it happened and has followed it ever since.        "It's a very real situation. Something happened to them.       They were mistreated by some kind of object. You can call it a       UFO. That doesn't mean it was from outer space.        "Whatever it was, I'm convinced that their health state       changed drastically right after it happened. I have doctor's       statements confirming (Mrs. Cash's) burns. And we also had a       number of people in the area who saw what they saw, only not so       close."        Convinced that the fiery object was something the United       States military was moving from one location to another, Mrs.       Cash and the Landrums filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against       the government. A Texas judge refused to hear the case, but the       women haven't stopped trying to get their story told in either a       courtroom or--better yet, they believe--a congressional hearing.        Encouraged by MUFON and Schuessler, Mrs. Cash has written       dozens of letters--mostly to government agencies and politicians,       who thus far have been able to offer little more than sympathy.       The government has denied any knowledge of the incident Mrs. Cash       has described. Schuessler says MUFON investigators weren't able       to find any military personnel who would acknowledge that a group       of helicopters was in the area that night in 1980.        Most recently, Mrs. Cash has been writing to U.S. Sen.       Howell Heflin, D-Ala. In a letter dated Jan. 31, Heflin told       Mrs. Cash that he has contacted the U.S. Department of Defense       and asked for an investigation of Mrs. Cash's claims and a full       report.        "I honestly don't think we'll have to go back to court," she       says. "I think the government's going to break down and do       something."        In the meantime, she and Mrs. Landrum, who still lives in       Texas, continue to talk publicly about their experience.       Articles about their ordeal have appeared in newspapers and       magazines around the world. Several television shows have       featured them, including "That's Incredible," "Good Morning,       America" and a syndicated special called "UFO Coverup." In the       latter show, which aired last year, two other participants whose       identities were concealed said they worked for the government and       that the Cash-Landrum incident was a top secret maneuver in which       the U.S. military was transporting the alien craft.        Mrs. Cash says she isn't convinced that what she saw came       from another planet. She believes the diamond shaped object was       a military project--perhaps a nuclear powered torch designed to       light up a modern day battlefield, as one MUFON investigator has       suggested.        If the government was responsible, Mrs. Cash says, it should       have to pay her medical bills. Since the incident, she developed       breast cancer that required mastectomy, and she still has bouts       with diarrhea, headaches and stomach cramps, she says.        MUFON's Schuessler believes Mrs. Cash may never learn what       happened that night.        "It had to be something very unusual," he says. "It burned       the road below, and it burned the trees. My personal theory is       that it was some kind of helicopter unit, like the one in Iran,       when they attempted to rescue the hostages."        Mrs. Cash, 60, says she won't give up until someone in       Washington gives her some answers.        "Before 1980, when I heard somebody talk about UFOs, I'd       laugh about it," she says. "I'd think, 'Boy, these people are       ready for the little men in the white coats.'        "But honey, this made a believer out of me."              =================================================================              5/89                       **********************************************        * THE U.F.O. 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