The sad death of one of the most famous American UFO abductees, Calvin Parker, was announced on 24 August (see obit, p.28 and FT119:38, 122:52, 382:30). He and fellow fisherman Charles Hickson had their encounter on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi on 11 October 1973. Both later wrote books about their experience.
When I met Hickson, the older of the two, in 1987, I was surprised by his calmness. He said: “I had to learn to accept what happened.” And added: “I saw what happened to a man who could not accept it.” He was referring to Parker, who needed lengthy therapy to cope. We should err on the side
