Brad Sparks makes a very good case. The argument for radiation is very weak. As Sparks and others have mentioned, Betty's symptoms would have required her to receive a lethal dose of radiation. Further, the onset of the hair loss was immediate, but should have occurred much later. Also, the body of the car would not have protected the Landrums from the same kind of damage.
The claim that Colby lost a tiny spot of hair at the crown of his head from the same radiation is beyond belief. (See the picture at http://www.noufors.com/ufo_physical_effects_upon_people.html) I have to consider that the story was created around the puzzling symptoms of Betty Cash, and that the claims of the injuries of the other two were created to support that story. After the incident, any health problem the trio suffered could be blamed on the UFO, including Colby's dental cavities.
There was no trace of radiation at the scene of the incident, or in the car, or in the bodies of the witnesses. There were no independent reports of a UFO or helicopters until their pleas in the media for witnesses produced some several months later.
I think something may have really happened, but it was distorted through exaggeration and the efforts to portray the event as a UFO case.
The claim that Colby lost a tiny spot of hair at the crown of his head from the same radiation is beyond belief. (See the picture at http://www.noufors.com/ufo_physical_effects_upon_people.html) I have to consider that the story was created around the puzzling symptoms of Betty Cash, and that the claims of the injuries of the other two were created to support that story. After the incident, any health problem the trio suffered could be blamed on the UFO, including Colby's dental cavities.
There was no trace of radiation at the scene of the incident, or in the car, or in the bodies of the witnesses. There were no independent reports of a UFO or helicopters until their pleas in the media for witnesses produced some several months later.
I think something may have really happened, but it was distorted through exaggeration and the efforts to portray the event as a UFO case.