Charles Hickson

Shipyard Worker

Parker (right) and his co-worker Charles Hinkson (left) became instant sensations in 1973.

On the evening of October 11, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hickson and 19-year-old Calvin Parker reported one of the most famous alien abduction experiences in American history. While fishing on the west bank of the Pascagoula River in Mississippi, the two men claimed they encountered an oval-shaped, whirring craft with flashing blue lights. According to their account, three strange, levitating humanoids emerged, paralyzed them, and took them aboard for a medical examination.