On 29 December 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Colby Landrum had a sighting near
This incident is Case 30 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 68 of the books covered by that article.
This incident came fourth in an online poll conducted in March/April 2006 by Paul Kimball of “the UFO case with the ‘best evidence’ ever”.
This incident has also featured in lists by various UFO researchers of the top UFO cases, including the following:
- a list by James Carrion, the International Director of the Mutual UFO Network, of the “top 10 cases” in an interview in 2006.
- a list of cases produced by Greg Bishop for the Fortean Times in 2007 as part of a survey of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.
Web Resources
For links to various relevant documents and articles online see:
http://www.nicap.org/cashlan.htm
http://ufologie.net/htm/cashlandrum.htmWikipedia article at : Cash/Landrum incident (1980)
This incident is discussed on the AboveTopSecret.com (“ATS”) internet discussion forums in Thread 189389.{text}
Book References
For discussion of the Cash/Landrum incident see the following:
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Baker, Alan in his “Sci-Fi Channel: True Life Encounters: UFO Sightings” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 54-57 (in Chapter 2) of the Orion softcover edition. |
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Birnes, William in his “The UFO Magazine UFO Encyclopedia” (2004) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 57-58 (in an entry entitled “Cash-Landrum Case”) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Bishop, Greg in his “Project BETA : The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 169-171 (in Chapter 21) of the Paraview Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Blundell, Nigel and Boar, Roger in “The World’s Greatest Alien Abduction Mysteries” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 401-404 (in the chapter entitled “Encounters of the Sinister Kind”) of the Chancellor Press softcover edition. |
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Blundell, Nigel and Boar, Roger in their “The World’s Greatest UFO Mysteries” (1986) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 146-148 (in the chapter entitled “Encounters of the Sinister Kind”) of the Octopus hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Hamlyn softcover edition). |
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Blundell, Nigel in his “World’s Most Amazing UFO Visits” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 134-137, 188 of the Select softcover edition. |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 119, 122-123 (in Chapter 6) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble hardback edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”). |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 86 (in Chapter 4) of the Parragon hardback edition. |
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Butler, Brenda & Street, Dot & Randles, Jenny in their “Sky Crash” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 284-291 (Chapter 26 generally), 294 (in Chapter 27) of the Grafton paperback edition. |
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Campbell, Steuart in his “The UFO Mystery Solved” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 82-83 (in Chapter 4) of the Explicit Books softcover edition. |
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Cassirer, Manfred in his “Dimensions of Enchantment” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 140 (in Chapter 10) of the Breese Books softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 73-76 (in an entry entitled “Cash-Landrum CE2”) of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 1 – UFOs in the 1980s” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 43-46 (in an entry entitled “Cash-Landrum CE2”) of the Apogee hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 174-177 of Volume 1:A-K (in an entry entitled “Cash-Landrum CE2”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition. |
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Clark, Jerome in his “UFO Encounters” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 108-109 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “The Ultimate Secret”) of the Publications International hardback edition. |
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Collins, Robert M (with Doty, Richard C and Cooper, Timothy S) in “Exempt From Disclosure” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 168-169 (in Section 3, Chapter 3), 176 (in Section 3, Chapter 4) of the Peregrine Communications softcover second edition. |
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Dash, Mike in his “Borderlands” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 144-145 (in Chapter 4) of the Arrow paperback edition. |
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Davenport, Marc in his “Visitors from Time” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 36 (in Chapter 2), 110 (in Chapter 8) of the 1994 revised Greenleaf softcover edition. |
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Dennett, Preston in his “UFO Healings” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 10-11 (in Chapter 2) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Doty, Richard C in “Exempt From Disclosure” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (by Collins, Robert M (with Doty, Richard C and Cooper, Timothy S)) at pages 82-83 (in Section 2, Chapter 4) of the Peregrine Communications softcover second edition. |
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Emmons, Charles F in his “At The Threshold: UFOs, Science and the New Age” (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 147 (in Chapter 8) of the Wild Flower Press softcover edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 54 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Picking Up The Pieces”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”. |
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Evans, Hilary in “UFOs: Where Do They Come From?” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 8 (in the Introduction) of the Black Cat hardback edition. |
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Evans, Hilary in his “The Evidence for UFOs” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 60-62 (in Chapter 3, Case 23), 150 (in Chapter 8) of the Aquarian softcover edition. |
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Fawcett, George and Greenwood, Barry in their “Clear Intent” (1984) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 106-108 (in Chapter 7) of the Spectrum softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Fireside softcover edition published under the title “The UFO Cover-Up”). |
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Glenday, Craig in his “The UFO Investigator’s Handbook” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 35, 40 (in Chapter 1), 57 (in Chapter 2) of the Running Press softcover edition. |
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Good, Timothy in his “Above Top Secret” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 296-298 (in Chapter 12) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Guild Publishing hardback edition and the Grafton paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Alien Liaison” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 127 (in Chapter 6) of the Century hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Arrow paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Beyond Top Secret” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 382, 385-386 (in Chapter 15) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Pan paperback edition). |
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Good, Timothy in his “Need To Know : UFOs, the Military and Intelligence” (2006) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 335-337 (in Chapter 22) of the Sidgwick & Jackson hardback edition. |
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Hall, Michael David in his “UFOs : A Century of Sightings” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 321-322 (in Chapter 9) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Hall, Richard in “The UFO Evidence: Volume 2 – A Thirty Year Report” (2001) (edited by Richard Hall) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 26 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Master Chronology”), 226-229 (in Section 6) of the Scarecrow Press hardback edition. |
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Hall, Richard in his “Uninvited Guests” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 312-313 (in Appendix A) of the Aurora Press paperback edition. |
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Imbrogno, Philip and Horrigan, Marianne in their “Contact of the 5th Kind: The Silent Invasion Has Begun” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23-24 (in Chapter 2) of the Llewellyn softcover edition. |
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Kanon, Gregory in his “The Great UFO Hoax” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 57-58 (in Chapter 4) of the Galde Press softcover edition. |
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Keith, Jim in his “Casebook on Alternative 3” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 126-127 (in Chapter 17) of the I-Net softcover edition. |
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Kelleher, Colm and Knapp, George in their “Hunt for the Skinwalker” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 58-61 (in Chapter 7) of the Pocket Books softcover edition. |
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Klass, Philip J in “UFOs – The Public Deceived” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 273-274 (in Chapter 29) of the Prometheus softback edition. |
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Lazar, Bob in an interview in “UFOs And The Alien Presence: Six Viewpoints” (1991) (Edited by Michael Lindemann) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-115 (in Chapter 3) of the 2002 Group softcover edition. |
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Lindemann, Michael in “UFOs And The Alien Presence: Six Viewpoints” (1991) (Edited by Michael Lindemann) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 114-115 (in Chapter 3) of the 2002 Group softcover edition. |
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Lyne, William P in his “Space Aliens from the Pentagon” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 199-205, 213, 218 (in Chapter 8) of the Creatopia Productions softcover edition. |
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Marrs, Jim in his “Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 182-183 (in Chapter 6) of the Harper Collins paperback edition. |
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Marvels and Mysteries (Editors Of) in “Marvels and Mysteries: UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 100-103 of the Parrallel softcover edition. |
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McCampbell, James in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 208 (in Chapter 3.4.3, entitled “Effects of UFOs Upon People”) of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition. |
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Picknett, Lynn in her “The Mammoth Book of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 135-139 (in Chapter 2) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Pope, Nick in his “Open Skies, Closed Minds” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 198-202 (in Chapter 11) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin in his “Project Moon Dust” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 205-214 (in Chapter 11 generally) of the Avon softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “The Complete Book of UFOs” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 278-281 (in Chapter 24 generally) of the Piatkus softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny and Peter, Warrington in their “Science and the UFOs " (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 135 (in Chapter 10) of the Blackwell hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 96-97 (in the chapter entitled “1980”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “Something in the Air” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 110-111 (in Chapter 9) of the Hale hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Little Giant Encyclopedia of UFOs” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 96-97, 136 (in Part 1, “A UFO Timeline”), 212, 229 (in Part 2, “The UFO Evidence”) of the Sterling softcover edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The UFO Conspiracy” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 147-149 (in Chapter 24) of the Barnes & Noble hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “The Unexplained: Great Mysteries of the 20th Century” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 119-120 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1980-1989”) of the Index hardback edition. |
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Randles, Jenny in her “UFO Crash Landing? Friend or Foe?” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 192-194 (in Chapter 16) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 32 (in an entry entitled “bodily effects”), 38-39 (in an entry entitled “Cash-Landrum incident, United States”) of the MJF hardback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 86 (in Chapter 3) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Schuessler, John in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 162-164 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Five Easy Pieces”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”. |
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Schuessler, John in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 158-161 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Anguish of the UFO victims”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”. |
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Schuessler, John in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153-157 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Blind Terror in Texas”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”. |
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Schuessler, John in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 124-126 (in an entry entitled “Cash-Landrum UFO Encounter”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 122-124 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Schuessler, John in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 149-151 (in an entry entitled “Cash-Landrum UFO Encounter”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Spaceage in its “UFO USA - A Traveler's Guide” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 151-153 (in the chapter entitled “Texas”) of the Hyperion softcover edition. |
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Spencer, John and Anne Spencer in their “Fifty Years of UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 118-119 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “1977-1987”) of the Boxtree hardback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 65-66 (in an entry entitled “Cash, Betty”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at pages 74-75 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “UFOs: The Definitive Casebook” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 65 (in the unnumbered section entitled “North America”, in the chapter entitled “Database”) of the Hamlyn hardback edition. |
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Stillings, Dennis in “Cyberbiological studies of the imaginal component in the UFO contact experience” (1989) (edited by Stillings, Dennis) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 101, 102, 103-104 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Coverups”) of the Archaeus edition. |
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Stone, Reuben in his “UFO Investigation” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 35-37 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Encounters with the Unknown”) of the Blitz Editions hardback edition. |
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Strieber, Whitley in his “Communion“ (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 247 (in Chapter 6) of the Arrow paperback edition. |
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Sturrock, Peter in his “The UFO Enigma“ (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 102-104 (in Chapter 15) of the Warner Aspect hardback edition. The relevant chapters are available online at: http://www.scientificexploration.org/jse/articles/ufo_reports/sturrock/4.html#12 |
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Thompson, Richard in his “Alien Identities: Ancient Insights into Modern UFO Pheonemena” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 311 (in Chapter 9) of the GHP revised softcover edition. |
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Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 8-9, 10-11 (in Chapter 1) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition. |
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