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Pascagoula

October 11, 1973, about 9 p.m.
Bank of the Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA

Explanation proposed
Representative drawing from the Eggs and ovals page, not this specific sighting.
"oblong, oval"The witness's own shape words

What happened

Fishing from an old pier, the two men said an oblong craft with blue lights came down near them, and beings took them aboard. Sheriff's deputies secretly recorded the pair alone in a room, and they stayed consistent. Hickson passed a polygraph. Philip Klass argued it was a hoax. The craft is often called an oval or football shape, and the disc page excludes it as oblong.

Witnesses

Charles Hickson, 42, and Calvin Parker, 19, shipyard workers

Explanation

Explanation proposed

Hoax (Klass; disputed).

Sources

  1. Washington Post, June 26, 2019 (historical marker)washingtonpost.com
  2. Nickell, "Famous Alien Abduction in Pascagoula," Skeptical Inquirer 36:3 (2012)cdn.centerforinquiry.org
  3. Fort, "UFO Reports Swamp Mississippi": 1973 press coverage study, Univ. of Southern Mississippi (2024)aquila.usm.edu
  4. Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org