The US Government’s Cash-Landrum UFO Investigations, Part Two

This document, a blog post from Blue Blurry Lines dated March 7, 2019, provides a historical overview of the US government's investigations into the Cash-Landrum UFO incident of December 1980. The author, Curt Collins, details the involvement of the Advanced Theoretical Physics (ATP) working group, an unofficial, unfunded network of military and intelligence-connected individuals led by Colonel John B. Alexander. The ATP was formed in the mid-1980s to determine if a secret government UFO agency existed, a hypothesis they ultimately rejected. The group, which included figures such as Dr. Paul E. Tyler and Dr. Harold E. Puthoff, examined the Cash-Landrum case, where three witnesses were allegedly exposed to high levels of radiation from an unidentified craft near Houston. Dr. Tyler, a medical consultant, suggested the radiation was ionizing and noted that the helicopters reported by witnesses did not align with known military operations. The document also discusses the 'Secret Onion' metaphor used by Jacques Vallee to describe the layered, classified nature of these frontier research meetings. Furthermore, the text links the Cash-Landrum case to CIA remote viewing exercises, specifically a 1988 session involving viewer Gabrielle Pettingell and interviewer Ed Dames. The post concludes by noting that the ATP dissolved in 1988 due to a lack of official funding, though many members continued their interest in UFOs through later organizations like the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) and Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS). The document includes commentary from readers debating whether the Cash-Landrum incident was a genuine anomalous event or a misperception by witnesses.