What happened
On the evening of October 11, 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, shipyard workers, were fishing from an abandoned pier on the Pascagoula River. At around 9:00 p.m. they heard a buzzing sound and saw the blue lights of an oval object, from which three beings emerged with gray, wrinkled skin and pincers instead of hands. According to Hickson, the beings lifted them and took them inside, where, while he was paralyzed, a device resembling an eye examined him. Parker fainted. After about 20 minutes they were returned to the riverbank. The men went to Sheriff Fred Diamond, who left them alone in a room with a hidden tape recorder – on the recording they were still talking about the event with fear. The case was investigated by J. Allen Hynek and James Harder.
Witnesses
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker; several sightings of lights in the sky were reported in the area that same night.
Explanations and hypotheses
Hickson took a polygraph test with results indicating truthfulness, and Hynek concluded that the men were genuinely terrified. Skeptics, including Philip Klass, questioned the reliability of the polygraph and pointed to inconsistencies in the account. Psychologists point to the possibility of hallucinations or sleep paralysis. Years later Parker published a book in which he expanded on his account. There is no final resolution.
Disputed A likely explanation exists, but some of the facts are still disputed.
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