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the 1973

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pascagoula incident by michael lauc

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one of the most sensational abduction

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cases of the 1970s

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the pascagoula instant remains unsolved

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to this day

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on october 11 1973

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two co-workers out fishing claimed to

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have been taken by three

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aliens into their spaceship where they

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were examined and then released

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the two men reported their encounter to

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a nearby military base

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which referred them to a local sheriff

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thinking that the two men could be

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caught in a lie

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exposing a hoax the sheriff left the two

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men together in a room with a hidden

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microphone

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after his initial interviews with them

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much to the surprise of law enforcement

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the men did not reveal a hoax but

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instead had a conversation that

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reinforced their claims

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the story spread from local media to

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international wire services

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and was investigated by dr j allen

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heineck and others

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detractors note that nearby security

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cameras should have seen the craft the

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men described but other witnesses

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reported seeing a craft

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on the same night an evening of fishing

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charles hickson 42 years old and calvin

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parker

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19 co-workers at a pascagoula

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mississippi shipyard

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were fishing on the pascagoula river on

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the evening of thursday

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october 11 1973.

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parker was the son of a close friend of

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hixson's he had only recently come to

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the area for a job at the shipyards

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and was staying with hixson at

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approximately seven o'clock in the

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evening

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the two men heard a strange buzzing

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noise

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they turned around and saw an object

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hovering a few feet off the ground

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it was an egg-shaped craft about eight

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feet wide and ten feet across

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with blue light all about it some

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descriptions of the event

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indicate that the craft first appeared

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to merely be a blue light

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according to an interview with charles

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hickson quoted from the november 1973

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issue of sky look

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one end just opened and i saw three

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things coming out

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the things were approximately five foot

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tall humanoids

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the beings had hairless light gray skin

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round feet and claw-like hands

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their mouths were slits and they did not

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appear to have any eyes

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three conical elements extended from

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their heads

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one in the center front and two from the

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sides

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much like a nose and ears they did not

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walk on the ground but floated up above

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it and toward the men

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the legs of the aliens did not move and

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it is possible that they each only had a

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single leg

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the alien creatures approached the

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terrified fishermen and seized them

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the aliens seemed to somehow paralyze

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the men

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and then floated them back into the

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craft

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the examination despite the relatively

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small size of the craft

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as described by the men inside they

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found themselves in separate rooms

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hixon recalled that each was subjected

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to an examination with a strange

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mechanism

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vaguely reminiscent of a large eye

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parker however

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claimed he was so frightened that he

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fainted and did not remember being on

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board the craft

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in recent years parker changed his story

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claiming that he in fact

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never did faint but he and hixson used

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that as his cover story to keep the

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young parker from getting interrogated

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the examination by the large eye device

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according to hixson was not painful or

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uncomfortable in any way

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after approximately an hour had passed

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the men were returned to the riverside

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the craft then simply rose up and

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disappeared

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dumbfounded confused and frightened the

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men left

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they initially decided not to recount

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the story

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but eventually reconsidered deciding

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that the military needed to know

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that this craft was in the area they

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called the kiesler air force base

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who then directed them to report the

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incident to the local sheriff

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at approximately 10 30 pm the men

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arrived at the office of jackson county

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sheriff fred

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diamond he did think that something had

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occurred because the men seemed shaken

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hixson had braced himself with whiskey

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after the incident though

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so the sheriff thought that the two men

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had just been drinking

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diamond decided that he would leave the

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men in a room used to interview

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witnesses and suspects

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and that had concealed recording

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equipment he believed that he may be

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able to learn the truth by listening to

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the men's private conversation

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instead the conversation left him

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convinced that

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something strange had happened to the

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men investigations and aftermath

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local coverage of the alleged alien

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abduction led to national and even

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international coverage

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this apparently disturbed hixon and

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parker who had asked the sheriff to keep

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the incident quiet

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the day after the abduction the sheriff

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warned them that reporters were trying

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to find out more about the men and their

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story

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the shipyard owner connected them with a

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lawyer who helped the men arrange for

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tests

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at the local hospital followed by a

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visit to kiesler air force base

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for further medical examinations and

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questioning by base officials

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the men later parted ways with this

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attorney

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in addition to reporters the story

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attracted ufo

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investigators such as dr j allen heineck

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although detractors would point out that

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area security cameras and toll booth

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personnel

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should have been able to see the craft

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additional witnesses did come forward

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other ufo reports in the area in the

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days before the abduction were

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discovered

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hixson also passed a polygraph exam

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although skeptics

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questioned the results because the

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examiner was fairly inexperienced

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calvin parker was apparently more shaken

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by the experience than charles hickson

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who believed that his korean war

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experiences left him better prepared for

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the shocking situation than his young

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friend

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although parker had rarely spoken of the

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incident

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charles hickson spoke at ufo conventions

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and in 1983

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wrote a book about the incident with

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william mendez

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called ufo contact at pascagoula