1980 - Mysteries

The Cash-Landrum Incident: The UFO Encounter That Ended Up in Federal Court

November 8, 2026November 6, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, the type of twin-rotor aircraft witnesses said surrounded the object near Huffman, Texas

About 4 min readOn 29 December 1980, three people driving home in Texas said a flaming, diamond-shaped object hovered over their car — and the injuries that followed took the case to a federal judge.

The Rendlesham Forest Incident, 1980: Lights in the Trees, and a Memo That Would Not Go Away

November 8, 2026November 6, 2026 by Tommy Hayes

Pine trees in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk

About 4 min readOver three nights in December 1980, American airmen at two Suffolk air bases reported strange lights in Rendlesham Forest. The deputy base commander put what he saw in writing — and the case has been argued over ever since.