A few more things about Calvin Parker’s recent, newer book about his 1973 UFO “abduction” event

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I’m not fixated on the 1973 Pascagoula/Parker-Hickson UFO event, although it may seem that I am.

I find, because of the authenticity of Calvin Parker, the scenario fleshed out then and now with Calvin’s two books on his “ordeal” to be more than intriguing. The incident – it’s more than that – is one that gets to the heart of many UFO/flying saucer episodes.

And following Calvin on Facebook, one can see that we have a bona fide participant in a UFO-related activity.

When I wrote about the story, Calvin’s Publisher Philip Mantle, who is also a Facebook “friend” of mine, was a little irked by my use of the word “iffy” regarding some persons who claimed that they were witnesses to the “happenings” in 1973.

Writing “they came forward” also irritated Philip, and I now see why. (See the book for how their involvement, then and now, came about.)

I ordered the book the other day, but as its shipment was a week or so away, I nabbed the Kindle version and read the witness material last night [10/5/19].

The new witnesses are the Blairs, pictured here, from the book:

What they and Calvin recount about their involvement in the Pascagoula story makes me remove my contention that they “came forward” and their witnessing is “iffy.”

But there is a caveat. When you read their version of what happened – what they saw – you have to come away with some question(s), not serious questions about their veracity but questions about what actually occurred that October night in 1973.

Here is part of their experience (from the book):

Man? Interesting.

And this provides a red flag for me – a small red flag but a red flag nonetheless:

The Blairs, like Calvin (and Philip Mantle) are above reproach.

There is no reason, not one, to question their integrity or veracity about what they saw that night (or thought they saw).

When I wished Calvin obtain scads of money and fame from his book(s), Philip admonished me: They were not in this for money or fame.

I know. They want to find the truth about what happened to Charles Hickson and Calvin.

That should be the goal, of course, but if Calvin gets a few bucks after his hard-scrabble existence and existential [in the current vernacular] intrusions from media and ufologists, he deserves recompense, beyond notoriety.

At any rate, the Pascagoula event is, like Socorro, a harbinger of what some UFO reports show about the phenomenon and our reality or, at least, the context of one weird night when two persons (or more) were confronted by something that is outside what is a normal life for human beings: a “paranormal” scenario with UFO overtones or something even odder.

RR