The strange case of nineteen-year-old Calvin Parker, and forty-two-year-old Charles Hickson actually began a day before their famous encounter. On October 10, 1973, fifteen different people, including two policemen, reported seeing a large, silver UFO slowly fly over a housing project in St. Tammany Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana. Only a scant 24 hours later, Hickson and Parker would have the scare of their lives; a frightening encounter with an eerie UFO, and occupants.
1975-The Travis Walton Abduction
While working on a government land clearing project with six other crew members, Travis Walton approaches a glowing UFO. He is hit with a blue green beam. The crew members run from the scene, thinking Travis is dead. Five days later he reappears, not having eaten during his absence. He relates that he was taken aboard a UFO, and experimented on by alien beings.
1975 Loring Air Force Base Sightings
An unknown object is observed over the Loring strategic air base, approaching the nuclear storage facility and causing a Stage 3 alert. At one point, the object hovered in midair over the base runway. The UFO was never identified.
1976-The Stanford, Kentucky Abductions
Three well respected women are driving home after dinner when they see an unknown object in the sky. The next thing they remember is losing control of their car, and being backed into a field. Investigation and regressive hypnosis tell a tale of alien abduction, complete with embarrassing medical procedures. One of the best documented cases of alien abduction.
1976-Tehran, Iran UFO / Jet Incident
The Iranian UFO chase is one of the premier UFO encounters in the history of the subject. A highly advanced vehicle, performing well beyond present-day capabilities, created fits for the American-equipped Iranian Air Force. Blackouts of the missile firing control panel, just before the pilot was about to launch his air-to-air missile, could be attributed to a mechanical fault seems beyond what sheer odds would allow.
1976-Allagash Waterway Abductions
While night fishing on the Allagash Waterway, four art student friends see a glowing object over the lake. The next thing they can remember is being back on shore, and missing time. Subsequent investigation will reveal an alien abduction complete with physical experimentation.
The Brazilian island of Colares would be invaded by UFOs of all shapes and sizes in 1977. The UFOs target citizens with an intense beam of light, knocking many to the ground. These individuals were rendered unconcious and awoke with anemia. The Air Force investigates and takes 5 hours of film, and many photographs, without giving an explanation.
1978-Australian Pilot Disappears
Boats and aircraft found no trace of a 20-year old Australian pilot who disappeared with his plane after radioing that he was being chased by a UFO. Frederick Valentich was on a 125 mile training flight in his single engine Cessna 182 along the coast of Bass Strait when he told air traffic controllers in Melbourne that he was being buzzed by a UFO.
