Disputed
The Pascagoula Abduction
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker told the sheriff that gray, wrinkled beings with claw-like hands carried them into a craft. Officers left them alone in a room with a hidden recorder, and the men sounded genuinely frightened.
Weigh the evidence
The ledger
What the record shows, what people say, and the best explanation available so far.
What's documented
- The secret recording survives.
- Hickson took a polygraph test, though its methods were criticized.
What's claimed
- A real abduction.
Best explanation so far
No physical evidence was found. The recording is strong evidence they believed something happened, which is different from evidence of what happened.
Where to look
Check the sources
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