Status: Unverified — based on the two men's testimony; no physical evidence has been confirmed.
On the night of October 11, 1973, 45-year-old Charles Hickson and his 17-year-old companion Calvin Parker walked into the Jackson County sheriff's office in Mississippi with a startling story. They said they had been fishing from a pier on the west bank of the Pascagoula River when they heard a whirring sound, saw two flashing blue lights and then an oval object about 30 to 40 feet across.
According to Hickson, three “creatures” with pincers took the pair aboard and examined them, while Parker fainted. They were then returned to the pier. The two men said they first went to a newspaper office, found no one there, and continued to the sheriff's office.
Captain Glenn Ryder said he first suspected a prank, but came to believe the men were sincere. He noted the smell of whiskey on Hickson's breath, which Hickson explained, and said the men were not drunk. Officers secretly recorded the pair alone in a room, hoping to catch them contradicting each other, but their accounts stayed consistent. The case drew national press and was looked at by investigators, including J. Allen Hynek and James Harder, who interviewed the men under hypnosis. Hickson became a well-known figure in UFO circles and appeared on national television. The case rests on the men's own testimony.
Sources: Wikipedia: Pascagoula incident
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