Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker
Two Mississippi fishermen whose 1973 abduction claim became one of the best-documented cases of its era
| Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker | |
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| Born | 1931 / 1953 |
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| Died | 2011 / — |
| Nationality | United States |
| Category | Witnesses |
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| Roles | Shipyard workers, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Notable claim | Central figures of the Pascagoula Abduction |
| Status | Credible witnessesCase remains unexplained |
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were two Mississippi shipyard workers whose October 1973 account of being taken aboard a craft by crab-like robotic beings, detailed in the Pascagoula Abduction, became one of the most closely examined and consistently corroborated abduction claims of the decade.
Assessment
Investigators, including skeptical researcher Philip Klass, found both men’s accounts and behavior under scrutiny (including a secretly recorded jail-cell conversation) to be consistent and free of obvious hoax indicators, leading even some initially skeptical investigators to treat the case as a genuine puzzle rather than a fabrication.
[1]See also
References
- ^ Hickson, C.; Mendez, W. (1983). UFO Contact at Pascagoula.