Carter Roy

Hearing that Betty's illness could be life-threatening is enough for them to break their silence.

If the truth can save her life, that's what matters.

After weeks in the hospital, Betty is finally released.

By that point, her eyesight starts failing.

Doctors prescribe her medicine, but they never reach a diagnosis.

And that's true for all three who were there that night.

No one has it as bad as Betty, but Vicky spends about four weeks in a hospital with doctors who are just as confused.

She develops scattered bald spots, thinning skin, eyes that look like they're decaying.

Her eyeglass prescription changes multiple times over the course of a few months, and eventually her peripheral vision fades and she develops cataracts.

Colby also needs glasses, and his blisters eventually turn into raised scars.

And even though his physical symptoms are the lightest, it's clear he's traumatized from that night.

For months afterward, he wakes up screaming from nightmares, and he develops an intense fear of helicopters.

But there's one symptom that never goes away for all three.

Their skin remains incredibly sensitive to heat.

They can't bear to take warm baths, and if they go out in the sun for too long, their blisters will reappear.

It's a lot to deal with, and I'm sure it's even more frustrating to not have answers.

Apparently, as many as 30 different doctors examined Betty to try and figure out what actually happened to them, and still nothing.

So, in February 1981, Betty picks up the phone and places a call to a man she thinks might be able to help.

an employee at NASA, and she learns he's absolutely the right guy for the job.

Most UFO stories have a UFO guy.