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Mississippi man, who shunned spotlight, recalls alleged 1973 incident with UFO
FoxNews.com/AP ^
Posted on 10/11/2013 11:41:43 AM PDT by 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.
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To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:46:42 AM PDT
by
MrChips
(MrChips)
To: RoosterRedux
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.
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:50:27 AM PDT
by
GraceG
To: GraceG
Personally if they do exist i dont think they have any good intentions for us.Agreed. Otherwise, why would they be so sneaky?
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:51:41 AM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: MrChips
Obama is an alien:
nope- IS a MUSLIM
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:52:45 AM PDT
by
mj1234
To: GraceG
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.
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:54:51 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: RoosterRedux
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.
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:55:25 AM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
To: RoosterRedux
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
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:55:35 AM PDT
by
Farnsworth
("The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no)
To: RoosterRedux
Like a scene from Independence Day .... “I'm baaaaaaack”
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:55:58 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral)
To: mj1234
He’s an alien from another planet who is also Muslim; part of his disguise.
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posted on
10/11/2013 11:56:38 AM PDT
by
MrChips
(MrChips)
To: RinaseaofDs
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.
To: Bernard Marx
Not sure if they are travelling through time, but they may have figured out how to fold space-time to cut cosmic distances.
To: RoosterRedux
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.
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posted on
10/11/2013 12:02:45 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: RoosterRedux
"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
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posted on
10/11/2013 12:03:38 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: RoosterRedux
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?
To: RedMonqey
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.
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posted on
10/11/2013 12:05:11 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: dainbramaged
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.
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posted on
10/11/2013 12:06:24 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: RedMonqey
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.
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posted on
10/11/2013 12:06:33 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
("A hyphenated American is not an American at all." Teddy Roosevelt)
To: 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..
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posted on
10/11/2013 12:06:43 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
("Gun-free zones" equal "Target-rich environment.")
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