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July 14, 2013
The Incredible Cash-Landrum UFO Sighting Explored on The Paracast
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About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present a full-scale discussion of a classic UFO encounter, the Cash-Landrum incident, which occurred on an isolated two-lane road near Houston, Texas on December 29, 1980. This sighting includes a witness who received possible severe radiation burns as the result of being in close proximity to the strange aircraft. To flesh out the nuts and bolts of the case, we invited two UFO investigators, Chris Lambright and Curtis L. Collins (whom our forum members know as Sentry).
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
Is it Time to Stop Talking About Old UFO Sightings?
By Gene Steinberg
When I read an article about a Google stunt to observe the 66th anniversary of the Roswell UFO crash, I realized it doesn’t matter anymore if a real space ship crashed in the New Mexico in 1947. It’s very much about pop culture, entertainment, and even more reality shows on the subject. When does it ever end?
Yet a number of highly respected researchers continue to probe the case in the hopes of finding that critical tidbit of data that will demonstrate, once and for all, whether the episode involved the presence of extraterrestrials on Earth. There’s even a “Dream Team,” consisting of several researchers who hope to deliver the final verdict. I wish them luck.
On the whole, however, Roswell is the UFO incident that many people love to hate. Why should we focus so much attention on a “cold case” when there are so many more recent sightings that deserve serious attention? By the same token, if there really was a kernel of mystery behind Roswell, wouldn’t that evidence have been uncovered by now?
I don’t pretend to have the answer to that question. A lot of it depends on the alleged ability of the U.S. government to keep a secret of this gravity for over six decades. You’d surely think that there would be some physical evidence, somewhere, that a spaceship and its crew were collected by the authorities in 1947 and were subjected to continuing analysis. Yes, we’ve had the claims, but where’s the proof?
Some suggest that an attempt by the government, in the 1990s, to address Roswell, asserting yet again that it was just a test balloon, demonstrates serious interest of some sort behind the scenes. But it may also be due to the fact that many people won’t let Roswell die, so they keep asking the same questions.
Now Roswell isn’t the only story of a possible crashed UFO. There is also the claim that a similar episode occurred in 1948 in Aztec, New Mexico. But the response to Aztec is more polarized among UFO researchers, with some feeling the story was little more than a hoax perpetrated by some get-rich-quick con men.
What makes the situation all the more frustrating is that actual witnesses to either case are near impossible to find after all these years. Investigators are left interviewing descendants and friends, or rummaging through someone’s personal records in search of possibly useful information.
In the end, it may be more about hoping and dreaming that someone, somewhere, will have guilty knowledge and evidence of a government cover up about Roswell, Aztec, or any other supposed UFO event.
Does that mean we should give up the search?
Probably not, although, absent a revelation of authentic secret evidence, it would be more productive for most to concentrate on more recent sightings. Certainly there are loads of UFO reports from which to choose, even up to the present day.
For example, the July 2013 issue of the MUFON UFO Journal contains a report about a UFO observed near a private plane in April of this year. The sighting occurred in Mississippi, where the pilot described a 10-12 foot wide “shiny metallic object just off the right wing.” Indeed, the craft appeared to linger before drifting away. MUFON’s conclusion is that the object is definitely an “Unknown” and the incident remains under investigation.
Yet another article, from Peter Davenport, of the National UFO Reporting Center, reports on a UFO resembling a green fireball that, in its travels across Canada and the U.S., may have buzzed an underground nuclear weapons storage facility. The sighting, referred to as the Bangor Submarine Base Incident, occurred in 1998, so there is still plenty of time to evaluate eyewitness testimony, of which there’s plenty.
All right, reports of unusual flying objects may not be near as sensational as reports of possibly crashed spaceships. Evidence for the former is usually is restricted to statements from people who believe they saw something strange. Having multiple witnesses of the same or a similar object surely helps, particularly if the descriptions are reasonably consistent even when you allow for human error. But lights or objects in the sky are not as romantic as something that may have left physical evidence that you can see and touch if only you can get a handle on where that evidence might be.
Ongoing sightings, however, appear to put the lie to the claim by some that the UFOs have left us. Sure, if UFOs are spaceships, it’s quite possible different races of aliens, at different times, may have visited us. It doesn’t mean it’s always the same beings, but we can’t know for certain until there’s final proof about what’s really going on.
But I do understand why some continue to doggedly evaluate the old cases. Having an unsolved mystery is endlessly frustrating, particularly when the solution, if it demonstrates the presence of something unknown, or alien, could literally change the world. So I would be the last to suggest that the Roswell “Dream Team” give up the search.
I would, of course, hope that they will take the realistic approach and, if nothing further comes from this new study, let sleeping dogs lie. But even if that happens, it wouldn’t stop someone else, at some time in the future, from going through all the old records of eyewitness testimony, personal journals and other records to see if there is indeed some sort of nugget of information that will, at long last, prove the reality behind these old cases.
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July 14, 2013
The Incredible Cash-Landrum UFO Sighting Explored on The Paracast
The Paracast is heard Sundays from 2:00 AM until 5:00 AM Central Time on the GCN Radio Network and affiliates around the USA, and online across the globe via download and on-demand streaming.
Why It's Important for You to Donate to The Paracast: Although ads help cover a small part of our expenses, the income they produce is never enough to pay your humble hosts decent wages. Also, we do not receive any revenue from the ads placed on the show by our network or local stations. So we hope you're able to help fill the gap, if you can, to help us cover increasing server costs and other expenses -- or perhaps provide a little extra cash for lunch and utility bills. No contribution is too small (or too large
. It’s easy to send a donation. We have aDonate link on our home page, below the logo and audio player. There's also a Donate link on our forums, at the bottom of the sidebar on the right. Or just send your PayPal donation direct to sales (at) theparacast (dot) com. And if you’ve had a problem getting to our Donate screen, please try again. We just fixed a serious PayPal access problem, and it should wor k properly now.Attention U.S. Listeners: Help Us Bring The Paracast to Your City! In the summer of 2010, The Paracast joined the GCN radio network. This represented a huge step in bringing our show to a larger, mainstream audience. But we need your help to add additional affiliates to our growing network. Please ask one of your local talk stations if they are interested in carrying The Paracast. Feel free to contact us directly with the names of programming people we might be able to contact on your behalf. We can't do this alone, and if you succeed in convincing your local station to carry the show, we'll reward you with one of our special T-shirts, and other goodies. With your help, The Paracast can grow into one of the most popular paranormal shows on the planet!
Please Visit Our Online Store: You asked, and we answered. We are now taking orders for The Official Paracast T-Shirt and an expanded collection of other specially customized merchandise. To get your T-Shirt now featuring our brand new logo, just pay a visit to our online store at The Official Paracast Store to select your size and place your order. We also offer a complete lineup of other premium merchandise for your family, your friends and your business contacts.
About The Paracast: The Paracast covers a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions across the planet.
Set Up: The Paracast is a paranormal radio show that takes you on a journey to a world beyond science, where UFOs, poltergeists and strange phenomena of all kinds have been reported by millions. The Paracast seeks to shed light on the mysteries and complexities of our Universe and the secrets that surround us in our everyday lives.
Join long-time paranormal researcher Gene Steinberg, co-host and acclaimed field investigator Christopher O'Brien, and a panel of special guest experts and experiencers, as they explore the realms of the known and unknown. Listen each week to the great stories of the history of the paranormal field in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This Week's Episode: Gene and Chris present a full-scale discussion of a classic UFO encounter, the Cash-Landrum incident, which occurred on an isolated two-lane road near Houston, Texas on December 29, 1980. This sighting includes a witness who received possible severe radiation burns as the result of being in close proximity to the strange aircraft. To flesh out the nuts and bolts of the case, we invited two UFO investigators, Chris Lambright and Curtis L. Collins (whom our forum members know as Sentry).
Chris O'Brien's Site: http://www.ourstrangeplanet.com
Reminder: Please don't forget to visit our famous Paracast Community Forums for the latest news/views/debates on all things paranormal: The Paracast Community Forums. We recently completed a major update that makes our community easier to navigate, and social network friendly.
Is it Time to Stop Talking About Old UFO Sightings?
By Gene Steinberg
When I read an article about a Google stunt to observe the 66th anniversary of the Roswell UFO crash, I realized it doesn’t matter anymore if a real space ship crashed in the New Mexico in 1947. It’s very much about pop culture, entertainment, and even more reality shows on the subject. When does it ever end?
Yet a number of highly respected researchers continue to probe the case in the hopes of finding that critical tidbit of data that will demonstrate, once and for all, whether the episode involved the presence of extraterrestrials on Earth. There’s even a “Dream Team,” consisting of several researchers who hope to deliver the final verdict. I wish them luck.
On the whole, however, Roswell is the UFO incident that many people love to hate. Why should we focus so much attention on a “cold case” when there are so many more recent sightings that deserve serious attention? By the same token, if there really was a kernel of mystery behind Roswell, wouldn’t that evidence have been uncovered by now?
I don’t pretend to have the answer to that question. A lot of it depends on the alleged ability of the U.S. government to keep a secret of this gravity for over six decades. You’d surely think that there would be some physical evidence, somewhere, that a spaceship and its crew were collected by the authorities in 1947 and were subjected to continuing analysis. Yes, we’ve had the claims, but where’s the proof?
Some suggest that an attempt by the government, in the 1990s, to address Roswell, asserting yet again that it was just a test balloon, demonstrates serious interest of some sort behind the scenes. But it may also be due to the fact that many people won’t let Roswell die, so they keep asking the same questions.
Now Roswell isn’t the only story of a possible crashed UFO. There is also the claim that a similar episode occurred in 1948 in Aztec, New Mexico. But the response to Aztec is more polarized among UFO researchers, with some feeling the story was little more than a hoax perpetrated by some get-rich-quick con men.
What makes the situation all the more frustrating is that actual witnesses to either case are near impossible to find after all these years. Investigators are left interviewing descendants and friends, or rummaging through someone’s personal records in search of possibly useful information.
In the end, it may be more about hoping and dreaming that someone, somewhere, will have guilty knowledge and evidence of a government cover up about Roswell, Aztec, or any other supposed UFO event.
Does that mean we should give up the search?
Probably not, although, absent a revelation of authentic secret evidence, it would be more productive for most to concentrate on more recent sightings. Certainly there are loads of UFO reports from which to choose, even up to the present day.
For example, the July 2013 issue of the MUFON UFO Journal contains a report about a UFO observed near a private plane in April of this year. The sighting occurred in Mississippi, where the pilot described a 10-12 foot wide “shiny metallic object just off the right wing.” Indeed, the craft appeared to linger before drifting away. MUFON’s conclusion is that the object is definitely an “Unknown” and the incident remains under investigation.
Yet another article, from Peter Davenport, of the National UFO Reporting Center, reports on a UFO resembling a green fireball that, in its travels across Canada and the U.S., may have buzzed an underground nuclear weapons storage facility. The sighting, referred to as the Bangor Submarine Base Incident, occurred in 1998, so there is still plenty of time to evaluate eyewitness testimony, of which there’s plenty.
All right, reports of unusual flying objects may not be near as sensational as reports of possibly crashed spaceships. Evidence for the former is usually is restricted to statements from people who believe they saw something strange. Having multiple witnesses of the same or a similar object surely helps, particularly if the descriptions are reasonably consistent even when you allow for human error. But lights or objects in the sky are not as romantic as something that may have left physical evidence that you can see and touch if only you can get a handle on where that evidence might be.
Ongoing sightings, however, appear to put the lie to the claim by some that the UFOs have left us. Sure, if UFOs are spaceships, it’s quite possible different races of aliens, at different times, may have visited us. It doesn’t mean it’s always the same beings, but we can’t know for certain until there’s final proof about what’s really going on.
But I do understand why some continue to doggedly evaluate the old cases. Having an unsolved mystery is endlessly frustrating, particularly when the solution, if it demonstrates the presence of something unknown, or alien, could literally change the world. So I would be the last to suggest that the Roswell “Dream Team” give up the search.
I would, of course, hope that they will take the realistic approach and, if nothing further comes from this new study, let sleeping dogs lie. But even if that happens, it wouldn’t stop someone else, at some time in the future, from going through all the old records of eyewitness testimony, personal journals and other records to see if there is indeed some sort of nugget of information that will, at long last, prove the reality behind these old cases.
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