Carter Roy

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According to NASA, there's roughly one septillion stars in the universe.

Or to put it another way, one billion trillion stars.

That's one with 24 zeros after it.

An unimaginable number.

And scientists pretty much agree.

Given that scale, advanced alien life forms almost certainly exist.

somewhere out there.

They should theoretically be common and detectable.

And yet, most scientists also agree we don't have any actual evidence of their existence.

That apparent contradiction is known as the Fermi Paradox, after physicist Enrico Fermi.

You might have heard of it before.

We've covered it on this show and one of my favorite episodes.

But the thing about the Fermi Paradox is its premise operates under the assumption that evidence doesn't already exist.

that mankind hasn't encountered aliens, that every person who has ever claimed otherwise is either mistaken, a liar, a fool, or a con artist.

Today, I am talking about three people whose names have been added to that list despite never claiming to see an alien, just a UFO.

and despite having enough corroborating evidence to sue the United States government.

Their story begins in the Lone Star State, Texas, about 30 miles outside of Houston.

It's December 29th, 1980.

Betty, Cash, and Vicki Landrum are driving home after a night out.