The Fishermen’s Abduction

On October 11, 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were abducted while fishing on the Pascagoula River. Their terror, secretly recorded by skeptical police, was unmistakably genuine. The case remains one of the most credible abduction accounts.

The Witnesses

Two fishermen:

• Charles Hickson (42)
• Calvin Parker (19)
• Co-workers
• Night fishing
• Pascagoula River

The Evening

October 11, 1973:

• After work
• Fishing pier
• Pascagoula River
• Mississippi
• About 9 PM

The Approach

What happened:

• Blue light appeared
• Object descended
• Hovering nearby
• Door opened
• Beings emerged

The Beings

Three entities:

• About 5 feet tall
• Gray wrinkled skin
• Robotic movement
• Claw-like hands
• No eyes visible

The Abduction

What they experienced:

• Paralyzed
• Floated to craft
• Taken aboard
• Examined
• Then released

The Examination

Aboard the craft:

• Bright interior
• Eye-like device
• Scanned Hickson
• Parker unconscious
• Then returned

The Aftermath

What they did:

• Terrified
• Drove around
• Needed to report
• Went to sheriff
• Told story

The Secret Recording

Police technique:

• Left room
• Recorder running
• Hoped for admission
• Got terror instead
• Genuine fear

The Recording

What it captured:

• Men alone
• Genuine terror
• Hickson praying
• Parker crying
• No confession

Polygraph Tests

Hickson tested:

• Passed repeatedly
• Different examiners
• Over years
• Consistent
• Believed truthful

Calvin Parker

Younger witness:

• Traumatized
• Avoided publicity
• For decades
• Wrote book 2018
• Finally spoke

J. Allen Hynek

Investigated:

• Project Blue Book consultant
• Found credible
• Interviewed witnesses
• Impressed by case
• Took seriously

The Investigators

Who came:

• Dr. James Harder
• J. Allen Hynek
• Military interest
• Media attention
• Serious inquiry

Hickson’s Life

After abduction:

• Maintained story
• Spoke publicly
• Never changed account
• Until death 2011
• Consistent witness

Significance

Abduction case with secret recording proving genuine terror and witness who passed multiple polygraphs.

Legacy

Pascagoula represents the credible core of abduction phenomenon—two ordinary men whose genuine terror was captured on tape and whose story never changed.