AudioBlog- A 1980 UFO Case that Seemingly Involved Radiation

In 1980, The Roswell Incident by Charles Berlitz and
William Moore was published that told the sensationalized story of
a forgotten 1947 report by the U.S. Army Air Forces that they
recovered a “flying disk” on a ranch in New Mexico, north of
Roswell Army Air Field. This was also the year of the Rendlesham
Forest Incident, which is sometimes referred to as “Britain’s
Roswell” (December 26-28), and the Cash-Landrum Incident (December
29). The Cash-Landrum Incident is significant because the
witnesses, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and her grandson, Colby
Landrum, showed symptoms of what seemed like radiation poisoning
after they reportedly saw a large craft, seemingly in distress,
being escorted by as many as 23 Chinook helicopters. While all of
the above cases continue to be discussed and continue to fascinate,
a case that got a lot of attention that same year has been largely
forgotten. It is interesting to note that it also involved what
seemed to be the effects of radiation on the witnesses prior to the
Cash-Landrum incident.In the September 11, 1980, Anderson, South
Carolina, Daily Mail, there is an article (page 8 of
the pdf) by Louise Ervin headlined “Jerry McAlister saw ‘something
strange.’” Ervin, begins her article asking, “Did a vehicle from
another world pay a visit to the Broadway lake area this morning?”
According to her, “Jerry McAlister of Parnell Road” wasn’t sure,
but was “positive he saw something strange in his back yard” at
4:20 that morning, and since then, “the news media has beaten a
path to his door.” Read more