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These men were on the Gulf Cities Fishery dock. A bright light surrounded them and they disappeared for a short while, all within sight of the Pearl River Bridge (about two miles from where the USS Shark was in dry dock)where a couple of patrol cars were sitting watching. The men then were back in sight shortly. The time elapsed was about ten minutes. The deputies went down to the guys and questioned them about what they had seen and then called the USAF at Keesler...that’s when they military took over. I think it was a Saturday night because I was left in the barracks and was the only 908 with a Geiger. After I did my thing they were questioned for hours by a panel of USAF officers. These guys were humble and IMO what they were describing was far above their level of imagination. They were still dressed in their paint stained painters clothes. One had been scared so bad he relieved himself into his pants. To this day I don’t know what to believe, these guys saw something and something really strange happened to them. Col. R.L. Hanson was the Colonel in charge of decontamination and NBC monitoring and with him was CMSGT Brent.

Pearl River Bridge

I recently went on a bike ride on Hwy 90 through Pascagoula and back on I-10. I didn't notice if the name of the bridges were Pearl River Bridge. Pearl River is on the Western side of the state. I'm getting confused. )

You know, I remember that happening like it was yesterday. Seems to me I recall being told the men were drinking on the docks but that would not surprise me to learn that was said to cover anything that happened there.
That happened about 20 miles from where I lived. I remember my grandmother telling me when I was a child that she saw a light on a country road one night so bright it could not be of this world. She was not one to tell tales and she never said more about it but would not speak of it more then that.