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Pascagoula Abduction

DATE11 Oct 1973
LOCAL TIME9:00 PM
LOCATIONPascagoula, Mississippi, USA, United States
COORDINATES30.38°N, 88.60°W

Shipyard workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker reported being abducted by creatures with wrinkled skin and claw-like hands while fishing on the Pascagoula River. When secretly recorded by deputies, both maintained their account in obvious distress. One of the most widely publicized abduction reports in UFO history.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // COMPILED REFERENCE · CTD-0195 ]

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