{"id":48890,"date":"2024-04-03T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2015994"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T08:40:43","slug":"who-was-calvin-parker-files-of-the-unexplained-pays-tribute","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-was-calvin-parker-files-of-the-unexplained-pays-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Calvin Parker? Files of the Unexplained pays tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Parker&#8217;s story is told in the first episode of the new Netflix docuseries. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 03 April 2024 at 07:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>New docuseries Files of the Unexplained is now available to stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a>, with the episodes investigating a series of perplexing phenomena.<\/p>\n<p>While later episodes focus on\u00a0bizarre disappearances and chilling cold cases amongst other stories, the first tells the story surrounding the Pascagoula Abduction.<\/p>\n<p>The episode is dedicated to Calvin Parker, who played a key role within that story and was interviewed for the episodes before his passing.<\/p>\n<p>Parker died on 24th August 2023, some time after being diagnosed with kidney cancer. It was reported that he was at home surrounded by loved ones, including his wife Waynette, when he died.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"who-was-tommy-doody-keel-b77e5631\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;bulletList&quot;,null,&quot;listItem&quot;,null]\"><strong>Who was Calvin Parker?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One episode of the new Netflix 8-part docuseries will feature the 1973 Pascagoula alien abduction. Of course Calvin Parker is interviewed for it plus UFO witness Judy Branning and Eddie Hickson the son of the late Charles Hickson. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufotwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufotwitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t24wrhueEV\">pic.twitter.com\/t24wrhueEV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 philip mantle (@philip_mantle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philip_mantle\/status\/1771539440801923105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>As seen in the first episode of Files of the Unexplained, Calvin Parker was one of two men, along with Charles Hickson, to have reported that they were abducted by a UFO while out fishing on the evening of 11th October 1973. Hickson was 42 and Parker was 19 at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The pair claimed that they were fishing off a pier on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi they were abducted by an oval-shaped spaceship with flashing blue lights. They said that they were \u201cconscious but paralysed\u201d when three \u2018robotic creatures\u2019 with wrinkled skin and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1891&amp;dat=19870809&amp;id=ZABHAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=_v0MAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=2467,1458223\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hands shaped like mittens<\/a>\u201d examined them on board the ship before returning them.<\/p>\n<p>The men reported the encounter to officials at Keesler Air Force Base, and later the Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s Office, where they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlox.com\/2023\/09\/02\/calvin-parker-who-claimed-he-was-abducted-by-aliens-pascagoula-1973-has-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed lie detector tests<\/a>.<\/p> <p class=\"text | article-text\">For many years Parker declined to talk about his experiences for fear of ridicule, but in 2021 he finally opened up, with his story being published in his book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/PASCAGOULA-CLOSEST-ENCOUNTER-MY-STORY\/dp\/B096LMT62C\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=17AJP7SALUYS4&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.P2PLldnKaC7Oh3imYwCVtWMtrem5bMvrHhVK57QX9T5z4EZVeEvW7X9Lshrgzh4d6_JKYUKhFG6vAPNEXtjx0CKYNJioFm3BzxQrXDUMs-Npz5JtnUpJluuZ7UEcxVHGXTfvye0w1sJIo2YVZg8cbFTBnGWVACaJnTkBkBTKYkUy6G5Xo82voPrhDc0NnoxFcNY194i_VVgI5YXnzrFvQOvY6UM_CCrPIhEIYkkZWSA.fWMmAWNPQQcJ227Xfm_7w_qLR9-j-zsiF07yQa1c8_I&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=pascagoula&amp;qid=1711474230&amp;sprefix=pascagoula%2Caps%2C67&amp;sr=8-2&amp;tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">Pascagoula: The Closest Encounter \u2013 My Story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In 2019, a witness came forward. Maria Blair claimed to have been near the river waiting for her husband on the same night as the men, when she saw the same blue lights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/eugene-levy-candid-the-reluctant-traveler-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Eugene Levy gets candid about personal growth in The Reluctant Traveler<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/zara-mcdermott-idaho-murders-trial-tiktok-interview-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Zara McDermott: \u2018New doc is a study on social media \u2013 not about the crime\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Her husband Jerry said: \u201cWhen she would talk about it, I would tell her to shut up, people are going to think you\u2019re crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hickson died in 2011, and in 2019, the Jackson County Historical Society and Main Street Pascagoula erected a historical marker at Lighthouse Park, describing the events of the Pascagoula Abduction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Parker said in 2019 of the marker: \u201cIt is emotional for me. I can\u2019t really describe it because I would break out in tears if I do. I wish when I died I could be buried right here underneath this plaque, that would explain it the best. It is quite an honour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Files of the Unexplained is available to stream on Netflix now. <a title=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/a>. 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