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Betty Cash

Huffman, Texas, 1980 · US · b. 1929–1998
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Restaurant owner who suffered severe radiation-burn-like injuries after a December 1980 close encounter with a diamond-shaped craft escorted by military helicopters near Huffman, Texas. Her federal lawsuit against the U.S. government was dismissed for lack of identifiable defendants.

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Betty Cash was a primary witness and victim in the severe 1980 Cash-Landrum UAP incident in Texas. While driving with Vickie Landrum, they encountered a massive, diamond-shaped craft emitting intense heat and flames, escorted by numerous military helicopters. Cash's key contribution is the extensive medical documentation of her severe radiation-like injuries, including blistering, hair loss, and cellular damage, which plagued her until her death. She filed an unprecedented, though ultimately unsuccessful, lawsuit against the U.S. government, claiming the military was responsible for the hazardous craft. Her case is one of the most significant examples of physiological damage associated with a UAP encounter.

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