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Calvin Parker

Pascagoula 1973 · US · b. 1953–2023
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American shipyard worker. With Charles Hickson, reported being abducted while fishing on the Pascagoula River in October 1973. Both men passed polygraphs and gave consistent accounts for decades.

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Calvin Parker was one of two men involved in the highly publicized 1973 Pascagoula, Mississippi alien abduction incident. While fishing, he and his co-worker claimed to have been taken aboard a UAP by robotic-looking creatures with crab-like claws, an experience that deeply traumatized him. Parker's key contribution to the field was his quiet consistency; after initially avoiding the spotlight for decades, he eventually passed a polygraph test and released a book detailing the harrowing encounter. The Pascagoula case is notable because law enforcement secretly recorded the men in an interrogation room immediately after the event, capturing their genuine terror. His reluctant testimony remains a powerful pillar of the abduction phenomenon.

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