REF: UAP/1970s/101Contested
1973-10-11

Pascagoula abduction (Hickson & Parker)

Pascagoula, MS · USA·Abduction claim·1970s
Contested
§ ASummary

Two shipyard workers claimed robotic-clawed entities floated them into a craft; secretly taped jailhouse conversation showed persistent fear; 2019+ corroborating witnesses emerged.

§ BWitnesses

Charles Hickson, Calvin Parker; later corroborators

§ CEvidence & Documentation

Secret sheriff's tape; polygraphs; 2019 witness affidavits

§ DOfficial Investigation

Sheriff's dept; Hynek & James Harder interviews

§ EStatus Assessment

Unverifiable; both men consistent until deaths; skeptics propose hypnagogic episode

§ FVerifiable Sources

Parker, 'Pascagoula: The Closest Encounter' (2018); Hynek files; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascagoula_Abduction