11 October 1973 21:00
Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
Stress Test incident.
Initially blue light, then ellipsoid UFO, 8' high, opening at end. Abduction. 5' tall creatures with claws. Physiological: headaches, sore eyes, medical exam. Hickson took, passed polygraph test. An abduction of a witness was reported.One blue elliptical, about 10 feet across, was observed by two male witnesses, typical age 42, on a river for 20 minutes (Hickson; Parker; Sigalas; Willis). A buzzing sound was heard. One 5-foot-tall mummy-like being, wearing naked, was seen.
Two men, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing from an old pier in an abandoned shipyard on the Pascagoula River. Shortly after nightfall Hickson, looking around to bait his hook, saw a domed, football shaped object descend until it hovered just off the ground about 30 ft away from them. The craft had two windows and two blue lights, and made a buzzing sound. When the object landed, an unseen door opened to reveal a brilliantly lit interior. Three beings came out and floated toward the witnesses. These beings were about five ft tall. Their skin was so gray and rough, like elephant skin that they looked like mummies. No clothes were apparent. On their faces was something about two inches long that came out to a point and resembled a nose. They had a slit for a mouth, which never opened, if they had eyes, Hickson couldn't see them, as the area above the nose was too wrinkled. They had no neck and their ears were pointed and retractable. Their arms were unusually long, and their hands were like mittens with a thumb attached. Their legs never moved but stayed together like a pedestal. Their feet were elephant-like. When two of the beings grabbed Hickson by the arms, he felt a pain in his left shoulder. This immobilized him and allowed his captors to lift and float Hickson over and into the craft. The third being seized Parker, who immediately went limp. Once inside, Hickson was nearly blinded by the light but was unable to close his eyes. He saw no furniture inside, only a screen-like device on the wall. He hung suspended in the air at a 45-degree angle while an eyelike device appeared out of the wall in front of his face and circled around him. The beings that held Hickson during his examination moved in a stiff mechanical way but did their work with speed and efficiency. One made a buzzing sound. The beings then disappeared for some time. When they returned, they grasped Hickson again and floated him through the opening, which had reappeared, and took him back to the place where they had found him. His legs collapsed when he touched the ground. Parker stood by with a terrified look on his face. Meanwhile the buzzing sound and blue light resumed, and the craft rose straight up and disappeared almost instantly. Hickson "heard" a message in his mind that the beings were peaceful. One of the witnesses, Hickson, subsequently reported three other incidents, one of which apparently involved the same beings. Two involved telepathic communication only and the transfer of information that was not disclosed.
Hynek rating: CE4: Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (Abductions)
Vallee rating: CE4: The witness has been abducted.
Vallee reliability rating: CAA:
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