Close Encounter
Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
Members of two families at a rural farmhouse reported a night-long standoff with small, glowing creatures, drawing police and military investigators.
- Date
- 21-22 August 1955
- Location
- Farmhouse near Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky · United States
- Witnesses
- Civilian, Multiple, Police
- Evidence
- Official documents
What was reported
Family members reported that small humanoid figures with large ears and eyes approached the house repeatedly, and that they fired guns at them. They drove to the Hopkinsville police station, and officers who returned to the farm found the witnesses frightened but no creatures.
Official and public statements
Project Blue Book listed the case in its files. Writer Joe Nickell of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry stated that the family most likely saw great horned owls.
References
Source: Wikipedia