File 032 · 11 October 1973
Pascagoula river
Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
Opened 9/4/2026
Ledger illustration of the file — not a photograph of the object. Ledger illustration of the report. A Gulf river mouth at night. — Night Ledger illustration of the file
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
What was claimed
Two shipyard workers fishing off a pier said a craft took them aboard. They were held overnight, polygraphed, and never recanted.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
Charles Hickson, 42, and Calvin Parker, 19, were fishing from an abandoned pier on the Pascagoula River after work. They described a football-shaped craft, robotic figures with crab-like claws, and a period of paralysis and examination. They sat in a sheriff’s office, terrified, and were secretly tape-recorded when left alone — the tape shows two men not performing for anyone.
A journalist arranged a polygraph for Hickson, which he passed. Parker spent years avoiding the story and later wrote that he had been more deeply affected than he first admitted. Skeptics offer a hallucination on a dark river; the sheriff, who had seen plenty of liars, did not think they were lying.
No photograph. A police tape of two frightened men who did not know they were being recorded is the core document.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
Satellites were already up. The station was not. Starlink was not.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
The known sky
None of the above land
Stations, trains, and planets do not set down in a field or leave a body. This file is a ground report. The known sky still has to be named. It does not answer the claim.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Paper on this file
Official or public documents that belong with this case — not a verdict.
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
Same craft · Same country · Same year · November 2, 1973
Lyndia Morel Humanoid Encounter
Manchester / Goffstown, New Hampshire · United States
Unidentified
Lyndia Morel, driving home late at night, encountered a glowing orange-gold globular object with a honeycomb pattern and an oval window. She observed a humanoid figure inside with a wrinkled gray face, large dark eyes, and slit mouth. The object appeared to exert control over her vehicle until she escaped to a nearby house.
Same craft · Same country · Same year · November 2, 1973
Manchester Cemetery Figure
Manchester, New Hampshire · United States
Unidentified
Lyndia Morel was driving home when a glowing object paced her car. A humanoid figure with large eyes was visible inside a window-like opening. The encounter included physical effects on the vehicle and witness. It was investigated and documented in contemporary UFO literature with a dated interview.
Same craft · Same country · Same year · November 2, 1973, ~3:00 a.m.
Lyndia Morel Occupant Encounter
Manchester / Goffstown, New Hampshire · United States
Unidentified
While driving home from work, masseuse Lyndia Morel observed a glowing orange-gold honeycomb-patterned globe with an oval window containing a wrinkled humanoid figure that appeared to communicate telepathically. The object followed her car, causing distress until she reached a house for help. Investigated by APRO consultants Walter Webb and Betty Hill with detailed interviews.
Same craft · Same country · Same years · 5–10 November 1975
Travis Walton, Apache-Sitgreaves
Near Snowflake, Arizona · United States
Unidentified
A logging crew reported a disk in the trees and a beam that struck one of them. The man was missing five days. The crew passed polygraphs.
Same craft · Same country · Same years · January 12, 1975
North Hudson Park Soil Collectors
North Hudson Park, North Bergen, New Jersey · United States
Unidentified
Liquor store owner George O'Barski observed a domed disc land in the park and approximately ten small uniformed humanoid figures exit to rapidly collect soil samples with shovels and bags before departing.
Same craft · Same country · Same years · January 12, 1975
North Hudson Park Soil Sampling
North Hudson Park, North Bergen · United States
Unidentified
George O'Barski was driving through the park when he saw a lighted disc-shaped object hover and land. Approximately ten small figures in white suits emerged via a ladder, used spoon-like tools to collect soil samples, then reboarded and the craft departed. Corroborating witnesses reported the object and related effects.