11 October 1973 / T113
Pascagoula: same-night police reports and later narrative growth
Pascagoula River, Mississippi
Witness account
Hickson and Parker reported that beings removed them from a riverside fishing spot. Hickson described an examination; Parker's earliest account included unconsciousness, while later recollections became more extensive.
Public record
Same-night police interviews and a secretly recorded conversation preserve an unusually prompt record of the claim and the men's distress. Subsequent hypnosis and later witnesses add separate layers.