Mississippi UFO resolution (1979)
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| Date | February 1979 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Government programs (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| People | Charles Hickson, Calvin Parker |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 87 |
| Year | 1979 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 1979 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 4 |
Mississippi UFO resolution (1979) — A Mississippi resolution calling for a Senate UAP investigation dies in committee.
In early 1979, according to the testimony, a resolution introduced in the Mississippi legislature by Rep. Horace Buckley called on the U.S. Senate to investigate UFOs. It died in committee without a vote.
Mississippi had a strong interest in the subject after the October 1973 Pascagoula incident, when shipyard workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker said they had been taken aboard a craft. The state also saw other sightings in the 1970s that drew local media coverage.
We couldn't find the text of the resolution online. Similar state-level efforts have appeared from time to time: in the 2020s several state legislatures, including New Hampshire and Florida, passed or considered measures related to UAP reporting.
People and topics
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Pascagoula — The Mississippi town where the 1973 abduction case took place.
- Charles Hickson — Shipyard worker in the 1973 Pascagoula abduction case.
- Calvin Parker — Shipyard worker in the 1973 Pascagoula abduction case.
On the Timeline
- Sunnyvale hangar saucer claim (1979) — A Navy radar observer says he saw a large saucer in a hangar at Sunnyvale in 1950.
- Gabe Valdez and the Dulce cattle mutilations (16 February 1979) — An FBI memo relays a police officer's claim of a cover-up of New Mexico cattle mutilations.
See every 1979 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Horace Lawson Buckley — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- A look back at Mississippi close encounters — Clarion Ledger · news.yahoo.com · archived copy
- UFOs in Mississippi — University of Mississippi eGrove exhibit · egrove.olemiss.edu · archived copy
- greenwoodufoarchive.com · greenwoodufoarchive.com · archived copy
Further reading
- NORAD — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- U.S. congressional hearings on UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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