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Calvin Parker Jr., the other man present for one of the most high-profile UFO cases in American history, has never come to terms with what he still says was a visit with gray, crab-clawed creatures from somewhere else. He says the encounter on Oct. 11, 1973, turned his life upside down. "This is something I really didn't want to happen," Parker told The Associated Press as the 40th anniversary of the encounter approached. Parker was unnerved by initial crush of unwelcome attention, with newsmen and UFO enthusiasts overrunning Walker Shipyard, where he and Hickson worked. He tried to dodge the...

A man has said he is still haunted after being abducted and probed by aliens 40 years ago. Calvin Parker Jr said he encountered the UFO when he was 18 years old while fishing with his friend Chase Brandon. And he has spent the past four decades shunning the press attention that the incident attracted. He has moved jobs and home several times over decades to avoid being detected. When questioned he said: "This is something I really didn't want to happen.” Parker and Brandon, then 42, were on the banks of the Pascagoula river in Mississippi in October 1973....