Mississippi man, who shunned spotlight, recalls alleged 1973 incident with UFO

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[RoosterRedux]

At the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, deputies initially suspected both men were drunk.

Then-Capt. Glenn Ryder, who still works for the sheriff's office, said he laughed at the report, but met with the men. Parker and Hickson stuck to their story.

After the formal interview, deputies left Hickson and Parker together in a room with a hidden tape recorder, hoping to catch them in a lie.

"Me and the other investigator got up and left to let them talk, to see if they were going to say, `Well, we got them fooled,' but they didn't," Ryder said. "They were really concerned."

On the tape, Hickson tells Parker, "It scared me to death too, son. You can't get over it in a lifetime. Jesus Christ have mercy."

"I don't know what happened to them," Ryder said. "I wasn't there with them, but I know you don't fake fear, and they were fearful. They were fearful."

The next afternoon, the story was splashed across the front pages of newspapers in Pascagoula and Gulfport. Overnight, Pascagoula became a magnet for news reporters and UFO investigators.

[MrChips]

Obama is an alien.

[GraceG]

Sometimes I really have to wonder about the UFOs, Personally if they do exist i don’t think they have any good intentions for us.

[RoosterRedux]

Personally if they do exist i don’t think they have any good intentions for us.

Agreed. Otherwise, why would they be so sneaky?

[mj1234]

Obama is an alien:

nope- IS a MUSLIM

[RinaseaofDs]

So far, it seems like they are treating us like a lesser species.

The good news is that as you become a more evolved species, you stop mismanaging the species you are monitoring.

[driftdiver]

[RedMonqey]

Hickson needed three shots of liquor from a bottle in his car to calm his nerves before deciding to report what happened.

I suspect they had more than a couple of shots before seeing "the UFO"

Sorry but i've heard too many "coon stories" to believe this tale.

For our urban friends, a coon story is akin to a tall tale, with a smiggon of truth told, usually to entertain but somethimes to draw in the unsurspecting stranger(read: city slicker, yankee city slicker is best)"

Jerry Clower was the best example of telling coon stories.

[Farnsworth]

I remember that case, lots of BS and black magic around the story.

Not sure if i believe in UFO’s or not, but I do find the stories interesting.

I figure after the election in 2008, our planet should be classified as a non intelligent indigenous life planet

[SkyDancer]

Like a scene from Independence Day .... “I'm baaaaaaack”

[MrChips]

He’s an alien from another planet who is also Muslim; part of his disguise.

[Bernard Marx]

So far, it seems like they are treating us like a lesser species.

Yup. I think they're time-travelers from the future coming back to gawk at us and laugh like people looking at monkeys in a zoo.

[RinaseaofDs]

Not sure if they are travelling through time, but they may have figured out how to fold space-time to cut cosmic distances.

[dainbramaged]

Agreed. Otherwise, why would they be so sneaky?
Maybe they have something like a prime directive, non-interference rule similar to science fiction speculation.
A good friend had a close encounter with four foot tall bipedal creatures in Alaska, around 1968. He was 16 at the time and was so frightened he ran through the front door of his parent's home, destroying it. He was so shook up they reported it to the cops who took photos of the footprints left behind by the "visitors". It even made the local paper and he was teased about for years afterward.
He will retell the story after prodding, but while doing so chokes up, starts sweating profusely and stammering. He also drew a sketch of the critters, which resemble the greys of Roswell fame.

[PGR88]

"They gave a thorough, I mean a thorough, examination to me just like any doctor would," he said.

I bet their fingers can't be any colder than my urologist's

[Pearls Before Swine]

Agreed. Otherwise, why would they be so sneaky?

Because we are not yet worthy?

Or possibly they are waiting for a tastier breed to evolve?

[righttackle44]

Gee, thank you for your patronizing attitude toward us. Seems to me that we should pay much more attention to the credibility of the guy who saw the UFO.

[RoosterRedux]

Yep.

From having read the John Mack accounts of abductees, I'm not sure these said aliens aren't interfering.

Abductees are deeply traumatized by their experiences.

[MayflowerMadam]

My cousin, an intelligent man who owns a successful company, saw something with his brother in one of the fields of our family homestead. Must’ve been when he was about 15 — in the ‘60s. He doesn’t like to talk about it and won’t go into details.

P.S. No matter what is or isn’t outthere, God is in control.

[RedMonqey]

An example of an coon story:

“Cow tippin’”

Anyone who has handle cattle knows there is no such thing.
Been working with cattle since I was twelve and they always heard me coming no matter how quietlty I crept(I’ve tried)

Sneaking up on an herd of cattle is as likely as encoutering an UFO in the middle of Manhatten.

And to think a healthy cow would stand stil and allow itself to be pushed over is so absurb only a fool or and urban dweller would believe such. Anyone who claims they’ve done it is pulling your leg.

Tippin’ one over is as likely as choppin a tree with blow.

Unless of course, you’re Paul Bunyon..