Pascagoula Abduction

On the evening of October 11, 1973, Charles Hickson (age 42) and Calvin Parker (age 19) were fishing from an old pier on the west bank of the Pascagoula River in southeastern Mississippi. At approximately 9:00 PM, they heard a buzzing or zipping sound and observed a domed, oval-shaped craft descend and hover just above the ground nearby, emitting a bluish haze.

According to Hickson’s account, a door opened in the craft and three beings emerged. The entities were approximately five feet tall with wrinkled, greyish skin that appeared almost robotic or mechanical. Their heads were connected directly to their bodies with no discernible neck. Where eyes would be, there were small, cone-like projections. Instead of hands, they had lobster-like claws or pincers. Their feet appeared to be fused together. They moved by floating rather than walking.

Two of the beings seized Hickson by the arms while the third attended to Parker, who fainted from terror. Hickson reported being floated into the craft in a paralyzed state. Inside, he was placed in a brightly lit room and suspended in mid-air. A device resembling a large eye moved around his body as if scanning or examining him. He had no sense of how long the examination lasted.

After the examination, Hickson was floated back outside to the riverbank, where he found Parker standing rigidly, in a near-catatonic state. The craft departed.

The two men drove to the Jackson County Sheriff’s office and reported their experience. Sheriff Fred Diamond, initially skeptical, noted both men were visibly shaken. As a test, he left them alone in an interrogation room with a hidden tape recorder running. Rather than relaxing or conspiring, Hickson and Parker continued to discuss the event in panicked tones, with Parker praying and Hickson attempting to comfort him. This recording was later cited by investigators as strong evidence of the witnesses’ sincerity.

Hickson voluntarily submitted to a polygraph examination, which he passed. Calvin Parker, overwhelmed by the experience and the subsequent publicity, suffered a nervous breakdown and largely withdrew from public discussion of the events until publishing his own account in 2018, which was broadly consistent with Hickson’s original report but included additional details.