The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter | Documentary

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Works Cited
[1] Davis, Isabel and Ted Bloecher. “Close Encounters at Kelly and Others of 1955.” Center for UFO Studies, 1978.
[2] Dunning, B. "The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter." Skeptoid Podcast. Skeptoid Media, 9 Oct 2012. Web. 6 Jan 2024. skeptoid.com/episodes/4331
[3] “Story of Space Ship: 12 Little Men Probed Today.” Kentucky New Era, Aug 22, 1955.
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[4] Story, Ronald D. and Greenwell, J. Richard, editors. “The Encyclopedia of UFOs.” Dolphin Books, 1980.
[5] Clark, Jerome. “Unexplained! : 347 Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena.” Invisible Ink, 1993. archive.org/details/unexplain...
[6] Jannsen, Volker. “How the Little Green Men.” Phenomenon Began on a Kentucky Farm.” 14 Sep., 2023. www.google.com/amp/s/www.hist...
[7] Brown, Jennifer P. “The Kelly ‘Commotion’.” Kentucky New Era, 13 Aug, 2005.
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[8] Kentucky Educational Television. “Little Green Men | Kentucky Life | KET.” KZbin, Oct. 31, 2011. • Little Green Men | Ken...
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[@Fireoflearning]

This video was originally uploaded to Lucinox in February of 2022. However, in October of 2022, the Campfire series, of which this video is a part, became a part of Fire of Learning exclusively.

[@andrewnada819]

For the alcohol reference, in all my years drinking alcohol I have never hallucinate an alien entity attacking me or my family. Maybe I'll have a crazy dream, but for the whole family to claim they were all attacked unless their alcohol is laced with peyote or acid lol. I always hear that statement by saying "were you drinking?" It's just absurd.

[@Grandmastergav86]

You've never had proper Absinthe, you will hallucinate

[@andrewnada819]

@@Grandmastergav86 o yea forgot about that, I thought that was a myth?

[@bioemiliano]

@@Grandmastergav86 The point of Absinthe hallucinations is that absinthe got psychedelic mushrooms in it. (the original stuff, the other doesn't have the mushrooms and doesn't make you hallucinate)

[@bioemiliano]

Alcohol in itself won't make you hallucinate, but your brain does it quite often. Last week I was drinking at a friend's house and a friend tells me to look outside, I do and see a fucking dude there in the dark, I look a second further and I realise it's just some clothes Still, hallucinating an alien attacking your family is a lot

[@andrewnada819]

Again even if it does make you hallucinate it rarely would make a whole family see the same type of entity and explain it almost identical as what the other person explain, example: even if a group of people binging on meth for weeks with no sleep wouldn't all agree on the same vision they have.....would they? Give me a story please!! I would love to hear that..

[@ursamajor3362]

Please keep churning these long vids out, cant get enough of your content!

[@danielduran201]

This account and the Flatwoods Monster incident have always stood out in my mind because they each are unique in that there are no other encounters like them that I've ever read or heard of. What has always stood out to me about this case is that out of all 5-6 adults there, no one wanted to stay behind while the police were being notified. They were ALL terrified. Also, living out in back country, they had seen tons of meteor showers. They weren't incompetent. And they also were natural hunters of wild life who knew all the creatures that lived in the wild country surrounding them, so, I think that we shouldn't treat these people like simple uneducated hillbillies. 🛸👀

[@Stacey0909]

Agreed 👍

[@AtSafeDistance]

what kills me is it seems so simple. What do you do when your car breaks down (at least back then), ... you walk to the nearest house to get help. That's all they were doing. Leave it to a bunch of hillbillies to shoot first and ask never bother to ask ...

[@keirfarnum6811]

@@AtSafeDistance “Do you have any Element 115? Our gravity drive is out of fuel; will you aid us?” -Alien Gremlins

[@buddyhell7100]

It's caledl bullshittt

[@pjsebadoh5412]

And "The Pascagoula" abduction case freaks me out...

[@d.l.d.l.8140]

As a very young child, we stopped alongside the roadway, with other cars, to watch a UFO. The episode is still strangely fresh. Of course we had no idea what, exactly, it was. Even at my age I knew whatever I was watching was wondrous. And old, grizzled farmers would discuss it without a hint of skepticism because everyone knew someone they trusted that had seen it. That might be the best evidence that SOMETHING happened. About 1960 near Memphis, Missouri.

[@longhairdontcare122]

Outside personal experience learning from someone you trust is all there is even books an educational program's require you trust the source material an it's presenter.

[@maxmurnik6546]

Please make more videos like this! The campfire playlist needs to be about 1000x longer

[@elijahcumpton9926]

Oh my goodness, I remember reading about this in old dusty library books when I was a kid...those sketches freaked me out fiercely, so i had to stare at them SO MUCH lol. Thank you for being one of the very few youtubers who somehow generates consistently creative and interesting content that hasn't already been done a hundred times or more. Love your stuff, this was awesome 👌

[@lucasbachmann]

if you are remembering a kids book from the 70's or 80's - I recently rediscovered the title of one and it has reprints due to popularity - World of the Unknown: Ufos by Ted Wilding.

[@reswobiandreaming3644]

I thought the critters looked sort of cute with their widely spaced boggly eyes, round heads and big ears. They would make an interesting plush toy.

[@crow_g1639]

This story has already being told many times its called the goblin encounters theres different stories

[@MintyLime703]

@@crow_g1639 yeah, no idea what he's talking about saying it hasn't be done. I've heard this story 20 times over by now. Just about every mystery youtube channel features it at some point or another.

[@garethjohnstone9282]

I had the exact same experience in discovering this story, through a dusty old library book!

[@mattm597]

What makes the Kelly-Hopkinsville Incident notable is that it happened in a time before UFO sightings were publicized or fashionable to make. There were a few movies, but it's unlikely that such rural people would have seen them, or even owned a television set or were able to make frequent trips to the movie theater. Because of the era and geographical place this happened, I think the desire for publicity can be ruled out. Whatever these simple country folks saw that night, I think they were genuinely sincere and genuinely frightened. (Also, rural people know what owls look like.)

[@lunar_light]

I don't know why, but the bit where the little bugger is peeking through their window at night is the scariest part of the whole encounter for me. Not the hair grabbing, not the floating, but that! I was so freaked out the first time I heard this story that I had to close the blinds firmly shut before going to bed, lol. Great job with the video!

[@divinuminfernum]

i think awaking in the night to see anything or anybody peering in at you from outside your window is in itself abjectly terrifying, that it would be something so bizarre like these entities would tip someone over the edge - the kind of experience that can drive one insane in a lovecraftian way, or at the very least result in PTSD

[@Gator1699]

Good One dude I'm laughing.

[@bl4ckm4mba1]

Your afraid of peepers.

[@lulug4283]

I'm glad I read your comment as I started watching, I think this might be one to watch in day time and not right before I fall asleep 😬👍

[@Gator1699]

@@lulug4283 True I live about 20 K's from the landing site back then. Cheers

[@tgreaux5027]

There is literally a 0% chance two brothers who grew up on farmland in friggen rural Kentucky couldn’t easily identify a common Owl. They probably have seen owls thousands upon thosands of times. And billy was a hunter? No shot he misidentifies an owl for an alien lol

[@BENTLEYQUAMP]

Owls don`t tend to be bullet proof either

[@germanpoweractivated]

Or do backflips

[@collinb.8542]

​@@germanpoweractivatedthe detail in the story that I find hilarious is that they do backflips to disengage from the humans. Like they popped straight out of the matrix or something lmao.

[@master-kq3nw]

Yes sound mettalic and owls not found dead they shoot that creatures also owls don't have long arms or big eyes yellow

[@Xander-pg5ly]

​@master-kq3nw wow that's some shitty English you've got there buddy 😂

[@Jackcrow955]

I find it a very big stretch that experienced woodsmen could mistake an owl for what they described.

[@MegCazalet]

Maybe a fucked up owl with birth defects. I think a lot of weird sightings of things are animals with unusual conditions. I think a lot of this story could behave been morphed over time, even for the witnesses in their minds.

[@SlinkyD]

And to shoot that many bullets. As a US Southerner, ain't no way, period. Boxes of bullets, all night. Too much $$$ and time wasted for that. Not to mention resupplying. Shooting like that only happens when one needs to be their own army. Who's that peeking in my window‽ Pow, nobody now (Nobody now) 🎶

[@madisonlemaster9951]

Plus they’re firing through doors/windows and damaging their own property

[@asmrtpop2676]

@@madisonlemaster9951And? Shooting through and damaging your own property is a very very American thing. Americans will shoot straight up into the air on the fourth of July ffs.

[@asmrtpop2676]

@@SlinkyDIt’s called…. “lying”.

[@captainsensiblejr.]

What is really interesting is that the entities were unique to this incident, never to be seen again.

[@Moonwalker174]

Fr. I never heard of these kinds of aliens again on any alien sightings

[@user-nc9vv5se5u]

Maybe they don't want contact anymore

[@frankwood7878]

THERE ARE MANY UNIQUE DIFFERENT ALIEN SPECIES 👽 IN THE UNIVERSE 👽

[@pauline3775]

Well i guess they don’t want to come back here now after getting shoot multiples times lol

[@OnlyGoodJawn]

The dobby mystery. It glowed. Big ears. KZbin it if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

[@lt.petemaverickmitchell7113]

I believe the family. I’m also disgusted by the fact that the public ran rough shot over their property and invaded their home.

[@godless-clump-of-cells]

I can think of only two possibilities: They're either lying, or they're not.

[@JesusistheonetrueGod]

@@godless-clump-of-cells there is a third possibility.

[@davidcopson5800]

*roughshod not 'rough shot'.

[@djquinn11]

Lol, you actually believe this BS story???

[@antifurry_worm]

​@@djquinn11😂😂😂😂😂

[@ericgardner3140]

I love the "Owl" theory. You trying to tell me that folks who are next-level country, who have spent their entire lives in the woods, mistook an owl that they have probably seen a million times, for an alien. What a lazy theory. Thanks for totally debunking this theory. It's right up there with the "swamp gas" theory.

[@debbiesittard7653]

That's a damn insult!

[@KJ-tz7vc]

The skeptical explanations often need to pull in multiple solutions and the assumption that the witnesses are dull loons in order to fit.

[@KFCWins]

I’m from KY been here my whole life. I’ve been deep in the woods at night lots of times. I never believed these types of stories until I saw a ufo with friends. Late one summer night. Glowing orb like a light bulb. Moving as if no gravity effected it. I think twice now about going in the woods at night.

[@alexanderthegreat4358]

Really this happend to you?

[@MM-ig1iv]

They are real.. I've seen TWO before in 1996 and 2008 with my neighbor.. here in southern Ohio.. it really does take seeing to believe I say.. The first was a very very star like bright blueish white hamburger shaped craft! with a halo around it. shot off into space to the stars instantly!! no joke, it really did. and THEN "now a small little dot" watched it go to three more different stars in a perfect triangle pattern.. and very quickly!? It was by far the strangest thing I have ever witnessed! Until 2008, when me and my neighbor saw an other worldly massive saucer shaped ufo.. with 5 to 6 huge apparent reddish amber orange lights! it appeared out of nowhere over our town sitting at a 30 degree angle hovering stationary and silent for about 10 seconds before disappearing in place! my neighbor yells.. "UFO!!" and they it was... scarred our minds for life! I think it was a mothership. it was way way too huge for this planet.. could've housed a city of people! easy! I think it came from a place 3 or 4 times the size of earth! this sighting confirmed what I already knew... we are definitely NOT alone!!!

[@pringals420]

Me to. I used to coon hunt in the pitch black woods in maine until dawn with 2 friends of mine. Until I started seeing and hearing things that arnt supposed to exist according to everyone. Sometimes a gun just isn't enough to help you I'd imagine.

[@bakielh229]

Are drugs or sleep deprivation, fear by chance involved?

[@neverwinta7702]

Thx Sir

[@daddydavey9067]

I've always loved this tale. Call me gullible,but I still believe it. It doesn't cost me a dime to call it true.

[@Theyluvjd_]

Than I guess this is a flex but I’m related to the Kelly green man founders

[@montymartin4493]

​@@Theyluvjd_me too

[@superbwater78]

I believe it too now that so many whisteblowers have come forward.

[@bakielh229]

Hey, gullible

[@albatross4920]

These creatures seemed weirdly determined to interact with the family. Were they asking for help? Was it just weird animal randomness? Did they just like scaring humans?

[@amandalynnagain]

Exactly! What were they coming for and why wouldn't they just leave if their intentions weren't dangerous? Either way the people had a bad enough feeling to shoot at them- A LOT. normal ppl dont shoot at things like that unless they are convinced it's a life or death situation

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

@@amandalynnagain hillbillies like shooting things. They typically have a shoot first ask questions later mentality

[@amandalynnagain]

@@BuckROCKGROIN 😂

[@williamhanley7031]

They were trying to make price but they kept getting shit at. Imagine what they could of done in there defense if they were. Evel brings.

[@amandalynnagain]

@@williamhanley7031 true, good point. It's just so odd. Such a random thing to happen in the 1st place. & the things behaviors were just so random too like, not being mean but not being nice either. Just being all nosey I guess lol

[@captainsensiblejr.]

I've read about this incident for about 50 years now. However, this is the best account I have heard or read, it included a couple of details I have never heard or read before. The side by side comparison of entity descriptions was excellent. This is the best reassessment of a classic historic UFO entity case that I have read in a long time.. case

[@Bye_Good]

Just came across your channel - instant fan! Your closing arguments on the Betty & Barney Hill case was excellent!

[@justurboi3806]

Thanks for another upload! Looking forward to watching it

[@paulyoung3504]

This really is a fascinating story. The actions of the aliens make no real sense. They weren't being aggressive but they most certainly seemed to be tormenting the family. The interesting theory (for me) is that there was some problem with their craft that needed time to repair. When they realised Billy Ray Taylor had spotted the craft...a couple of them went to the house to keep the family "otherwise occupied".

[@combineconformist]

It’s a good theory, but at one point when the officer was approaching the house, it seemed as if they were leaving. I wonder if the other lights in the sky were their comrades searching for them, and that they distracted them from the craft’s repair like you said.

[@DefaultFlame]

Bah, it's just a bunch of frat boys pulling pranks. Alien frat boys, that is.

[@MrCmon113]

That's just absolute nonsense. You travel between stars, but you need to repair a spacecraft in some forest on earth. And what's their agenda? They aren't interested in the sun or any other star in the galaxy or any resources or objects of study, they just harass some hillbillies, that's literally all their super advanced civilization is up to...

[@DefaultFlame]

@@MrCmon113 Hillbillies on vacation harassing other hillbillies.

[@roseg2239]

DefaultFlame He addressed that theory in the video. They would not have stayed after being shot at.

[@woodencoins808]

Ive seen this covered so many times probably more than 10 times... thats not gonna stop me from watching another great fire of learning video! Thanks

[@julieisthatart]

I liked the teenage aliens stealing their Daddy's saucer theory the best.

[@almostt623]

I literally just watched this on the other channel a few days ago, great vid!

[@wellallrightthen]

Excellent video. It is especially thorough, and well presented

[@johnlowkey359]

Loving the Spooktober history docs!

[@Mentorman63]

Nicely done! I appreciate your perspective.

[@InnerCityX]

Your style is hilarious. When you break down possible explanations from skeptics, you make them sound as far fetched and wild as im sure we must sound to them. Good stuff man

[@fahqu9234]

Just got off work and super excited. I live in Kentucky so this should be good. This is gunna be awesome!

[@aarondavies8486]

new to the channel but am so glad KZbin recommend your channel mate thanks for all the awesome ufo and alien stories

[@JonnoPlays]

Thank you for reporting this accurately. It's nearly impossible to get a straight version of the story. This was top notch. Cheers 🥂 🛸

[@alanhull-ii5ip]

Something like this is happening in alto nanay peru

[@JonnoPlays]

Having watched the entire video here's what I think. The kids tricked the adults. Maybe the kids knew aboit the meteor shower and put enough credible pieces together with some good old fashioned excitement and got one over on the adults. Maybe a few adults got wind that it wasn't real but then turned on the others and acted like it was real to enjoy the good time. The rest of the adults left get way too spooked and go to the police which the children and participating adults don't fear because it's a small town and they know nothing will come of it. Remember some of the adults leave that night and don't go to the police and one said they never even watched the spectacle despite being there. The rest is anyone's guess, maybe they stuck with the story to avoid potential legal consequences once it got out of hand. I did find it interesting that all their descriptions seemed to be like everyday common objects with super abilities. Like the flying saucer and the washtub or the gas can. Maybe that was just the way of speaking at the time but it seems like a little bit of convincing language. I do think the owl theory holds some water. I generally believe in alien witnesses but this one always just seemed weird to me. Who knows though. Just seemed weird they didn't find footsteps on the roof.

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you!

[@jairoliradeamorimjr3262]

Please, continue doing more of this. I always loved your history documentaries, but these incidents docs are great as well. Just a question thou. Would you be interested in making a documentary on the Et de Varginha case?

[@doencao]

UP!

[@vnowak5414]

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[@vnowak5414]

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[@Elehk99]

These guys have always had a place in my heart since they were the inspiration for my favorite pokemon, Sableye. Love this style of video! Also I don’t believe it happened, but this is a perfect example of why aliens don’t visit; a funny little guy shows up and two guys shoot at him

[@VitZ9]

Aliens seem to have the worst travel agents. They're always showing up in one of the most heavily armed civilian populations in the world.

[@prince-solomon]

That "funny little guy" certainly could handle himself. Whoever these beings are, a primitive gun didn't seem to bother them at all. Also it's always the easiest & most convenient thing to reject/discard/disbelief something, keeps one's own worldview nice & cozy as one is used to. Until something strange happens to you and people around you reject you instead of helping you find answers.

[@DirtySanchez943]

Oh gtfo of here with pikemons kiddo😅

[@diegotravieso8947]

@@prince-solomonhmmm that sounded scary dawg lol

[@tomupchurch4911]

I've never seen an owl do back flips and then re-engage against a shotgun... I guess I don't get out enough.

[@raderford856]

This is a fascinating one, thanks for that! Love the videos

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

This video is awesome. Shame it didn't perform better on your Lucinox channel.

[@amandalynnagain]

I've noticed most of these videos aren't getting the views they deserve bc most ppl (like myself) search "alien encounter" "alien abduction" "personal testimony of alien... ect ect" bc ppl dont know them by name. But the content creators list them by name- so when we search we can't find em. Unless we already know of a channel that does this type of stuff (which takes some time to find for us looking) and also take the time to search their whole channel. Sometimes we get lucky and they have playlist put together. Sometimes we just have to dig so much we lose interest. It's kind of a big problem actually. Bc the content is here & the ppl searching for it are here too but youtube doesn't have a great system to link these 2 groups of ppl together. .. I know from experience. I've been searching for stories like these since 2012 on a regular nightly basis bc I like to listen to them as I fall asleep. They are unreasonably hard to find.

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

@@amandalynnagain the algorithm typically does a decent job of eventually recommending these videos. His lucinox channel is too small, so this video didn't have legs. It only took about a day of being on this channel to get more views than it had for it's entire time on lucinox.

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

@@amandalynnagain my creepy pasta playlist might interest you

[@amandalynnagain]

@@BuckROCKGROIN that's good! The recommended videos are improving on here I will say that. A lot of them tho are these short 6-7 min videos and I hate having to get around those

[@amandalynnagain]

@@BuckROCKGROIN I'll check it out!

[@SyntaxErr19287]

Great content once again been a fan through my teen years in my 20s now

[@ay5960]

I remember the painted pictures (the one at 8:00), I had found them in a magazine when I was around 4 and couldn't read. I asked my parents what those white creatures are and they were explaining to me they were aliens. I think that was the time I learned about aliens. Quickly became fascinated by it.

[@adansilveira2031]

Friend, have you read anything about the operation Prato (Saucer)? It is an unbelievable case of alien contact and aggression in the Amazon jungle, with thousands of witnesses (some still alive), air force involvement, conspiracies, terrifying attacks and tons of documents. I believe it's hard to find information about the case in english, but can be an amazing video in the future.

[@jojolafrite90]

Really? Thanks. I'll check this out, right now. Did you hear about the Ariel phenomenon, new documentary? It's quite good. The witnesses have grown older and recall everything. Also, you may love this. Type "Whats this Sweden 2012" or "famous UFO over Sweden 2012 with commentary".

[@adansilveira2031]

@@jojolafrite90 Thanks friend! I love this kind oh story!

[@Tsotha]

I am familiar with both the Operation Prato investigation into Brazilian UFO contact cases that often were very hostile and disturbing towards the witnesses, lots of weird and extremely disturbing UFO cases from Brazil that I am surprised at the authorities taking so seriously.

[@keirfarnum6811]

@@Tsotha People being attacked with heat ray beams is pretty wild.

[@loumarcellino5738]

Fascinating story. I just cannot believe it was an owl invasion. The family seemed credible, so they certainly saw something quite unusual.

[@ohitsthatguy1328]

How often do these "owls" invade? And what type? Snow Owls? Barn Owls? Do they have weapons? Do they coordinate simultaneous attacks? So many questions I have my guy, so many😂😂😂

[@MatthewGill-nv4tb]

If it's owls, it's true they sound like metal when they are shot

[@theinnerlight8016]

An owl invasion would *be* quite unusual 😅

[@asmrtpop2676]

Why isn’t anyone bringing up that the family just made it tf up

[@janelinley3624]

Well,I love this channel ❤ thank you.

[@braydenchastain2002]

I binge these videos at work, please keep making them!

[@davidcopson5800]

What sort of job do you have that you can watch videos all day or night? If did that I'd be fired!

[@braydenchastain2002]

@@davidcopson5800 I wash dishes lol, just put my headphones in and listen away

[@paulo64bits]

Please, make more more content like this, your videos are amazing.

[@flyinpug3791]

So.. anyone else notice the striking and scary similarities between this case and the one that just happens in Peru?

[@darryl3422]

Truly the most bizarre UFO story I have ever heard

[@aidanlucid9619]

Thanks for the video. A very interesting story. Thanks again.

[@spaghettiwizard830]

Ah yes. Human sees new creature never before witnessed on earth. Violence

[@kevincharles1983]

if your children were in the house and unknown creatures were trying to get in.. you wouldn't have done the same?

[@brianmorgan7680]

'Murica!!!

[@yodasmomisondrugs7959]

Its called survival instinct.......Its the reason we're here.

[@AusDenBergen]

It's why some of us are still alive...

[@AusDenBergen]

​@@brianmorgan7680please murica is not exactly the most dangerous place...

[@mandelabrein8116]

Imagine if this was the one and only peaceful encounter with extraterrestrial life earth will ever have and we shot at them and refused to hear what they were trying to tell us

[@MM-ig1iv]

Well that's just it.. we are hostile beings, for the most part. our leaders definitely are. We are not alone.. but rather left alone! we are far far too dangerous deceptive, corrupt and hostile as a species to be greeted by them or helped! and that's what I think. for now anyways.. and we aren't looking to get any better.

[@theskyizblue2day431]

@@MM-ig1iv we? Speak for yourself

[@jameyatesmauriat6116]

Wouldn’t you be scared if you find aliens like these in front of you in the night or watching over your window

[@AusDenBergen]

Then the aliens aren't much smarter (wiser?).

[@unsane78]

No trespassing means no trespassing

[@bizbarley74]

And one other thing that was not reported here. The military took this seriously. They followed up with the family at least twice, and it was included in field reports. You can even read about it in air force text books from the 1960s.

[@randallsavage13]

My new favorite channel and I like the longer content

[@andrewkaye2108]

I can only imagine the creatures thoughts, " Freakin residents! We held our arms up to communicate and they keep firing at us! Sheesh, lets leave and never come back, the lifeforms here are not very intelligent!"

[@megaboner690]

I thought that as well. Like, I get you're scared and your kids are in the house. But it approached with it's hands raised? Why fire immediately?

[@WalkTheNight]

Could've sworn you already made a video about this, but I guess I was wrong. Although I'm 100% sure it was a HUGE misunderstanding, it's still my favorite "alien" encounter. Thank you.

[@CrazyBanana510]

He did, it was on his Lucinox channel, but for some reason he recently removed it.

[@judibiggerstaff8054]

@@CrazyBanana510 Thanks for mentioning Lucinox. I didn't know about that channel. I like it.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

You are 100% sure? Pretty stupid comment to make

[@invisiblejaguar1]

Glad someone else thought so, thought I was getting Mandela effected

[@septiccomics0968]

i imagine he moved it here from lucinox because it doesn’t fit the scientific theme of that channel

[@yerstruly659]

"The creature was capable of a pitch perfect Elvis impression, despite his grotesque appearance"

[@MrJamesjustin]

That was a great, and balanced investigation. I'm hooked.

[@brucewayneissupermanquinn601]

I liked your style. Definitely subscribing!

[@burnedacrackerontopofwater2491]

i appreciate your channel

[@Bashuraptor]

I love the idea that they were just a few alien kids trying to calmly clear up a misunderstanding with the family.

[@jaimepinon7994]

Just out here cruising the galaxy, having fun and bugging us simple folk.

[@rightwrapup]

Excellent analysis. subbed.

[@SHDUStudios]

Happily watching this again on FOL just to support you (and I guess Peanut).

[@ryeastra262]

If they faked the incident for money they would’ve charged from the beginning.

[@RockandrollNegro]

Not necessarily. Imagine saying to the public, "Hey, we got attacked by aliens last night. Give me a dollar and I'll tell you all about it." These guys were carnies and a little more savvy than that.

[@droptuned83]

​@@RockandrollNegroGood marketing tactics 😂

[@erikrhafer6644]

That poor family must have been horrifyed.

[@davidcopson5800]

Or even horrified.

[@erikrhafer6644]

@@davidcopson5800 or you just may be a jerkoff.

[@level98bearhuntingarmor]

probably my favorite supernatural encounter story

[@motherearth1147]

Alien

[@combineconformist]

@@motherearth1147 still supernatural

[@anselpeneloperainblossom-s3489]

This is easily the best presentation of a paranormal event I have seen in 40 years.

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you!

[@freemikeg]

Now this was a great video you did absolutely Justice to this story so no complaints...👍💪👍

[@zacscalafini6545]

I’m going to speculate on what these creatures could be. The eyes near the side of the head would mean that these creatures could be a prey animal in their original environment. The largeness of the eyes combined with the dislike for light could mean their habitat at home is dark, or has less light than we would be used to. Maybe these creatures evolved their intelligence as a way to survive larger predator species on their home planet? Possibly they live in a deep water or liquid type environment with little light? The stiff legs and the way it moved, combined with the appearance, they could be what we would call on earth, Amphibian. Now, I’m not someone who takes these accounts as gospel at this point, but it sounds like they were genuine in this account. Other accounts like one from Brazil near the same time claim a similar looking craft but these creatures were taller in black suits with hose pipes to the face. They even were noted to move rather quick like these ones in Kentucky. If I were to combine those accounts, maybe these could be similar or even the same species, and the black suit with hoses is supplying a moister to the skin or even water to breath? All speculation, but fun and spooky all the same.

[@dominic.h.3363]

The speculation fails at the point that all species on the planet that showcase any amount of sentience are all predatory. It requires more brainpower to carefully plan out hunts, and the protein rich diet supports a more intricate brain orders of magnitudes easier.

[@aaronlaughter6471]

One theory says that the "ears" and "eyes" where actually gear, like helmets and headphones

[@LostArchivist]

@@dominic.h.3363 True, but it is uncertain how much that is owed to our evolutionary history and solar system and terrestrial conditions. A biosphere sample size of 1 is not very large. I wonder what simulations show related to this though.

[@dominic.h.3363]

@@LostArchivist Both biochemistry and physical appearance could be entirely different, depending on what planet you'd call home, but certain rules of evolution should apply universally, like which lifestyle encourages more brain development, being a herbivore or a carnivore, grazing or hunting. One shining example of how stupid herbivores can be are koalas, who only eat leaves that are even poisonous to them (offspring literally eat the poop of the mother to attain the gut flora to be able to tolerate that poison), and they would starve to death if you gave them eucalyptus leaves in a bucket, because they only recognize them as food if they are hanging as if from a tree. Then we have the carnivore turned herbivore, the panda, that needs to eat up to sixteen hours a day to not starve to death, because not only is their food of choice nutritionally poor, being biologically carnivores, they can't even digest cellulose. So all in all, most herbivores have a serious case of the stupid, and even carnivores get a significant IQ downgrade as soon as they turn herbivores.

[@LostArchivist]

@@dominic.h.3363 Cherry-picking cases only shows outliers exist, tardigrades are carnivores as are jellyfish and coral, none of them are intelligent. Gorilla are herbivores and they while not sapient are not stupid, or consider elephants, they are also herbivorious and are intelligent as well. Both exceed the intelligence of the majority of carnivorious animals, and like the smartest among them, they ate social. Socialization is a much stronger indicator of potential for intelligence in higher complexity animals than diet. I still hold that we do not know enough though to anticipate what could or could not be intelligent. Emergant complexity simply has too many variables to assume the coding will end up the same language translating to the sane organelles. If it is that uniform, aliens are the least interesting discovery we`d be making scientifically (not to mention philosophically). My point was there are examples at both ends for both carnivores and herbivores so it potentially factors out. We know there are sapient herbivores anyway (at least in potentia) though if one includes variations in human diet. But hey I hope you are right. I would much rather have that than intelligent cow-equivalent people.

[@vikingskuld]

Great video.. very well done. The whole owl excuse has always irritated me. Does anyone expect me to believe 2 or 3 generations of locally raised people could not possibly know what a great horned owl was? No way that had got to be right up there with swamp gas lol. You don't also shoot up a house from the inside for owls or a we ain't sure what that is lol. Owls are not going to sit around while people shoot at them and keep coming back. Also those people probably hunted and were quite capable with the firearms and surely did miss every shot. So no FEATHERS NO BLOOD OR DEAD OWLS PROVES IT WASN'T OWLS. IT WAS NO CIRCUS TRAIN THAT IS A CONVENIENT LIE TOLD ABOUT EVERY UNEXPLAINED STRANGE CREATURE. ALSO AGAIN NO DEAD ANIMALS OF ANY KIND. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO VERY WELL DONE.

[@somniumisdreaming]

It was owls.

[@vikingskuld]

@@somniumisdreaming lol you are amazing a wonder of the human genome a pinochle of wisdom. You have absolutely restored my faith in humanity. I can't thank you enough

[@rogerramjet6429]

@@somniumisdreaming not a single picture independently drawn by multiple people looks anything like an owl. All you've done is totally ignore details to make a typical BS assumption.

[@master-kq3nw]

@@somniumisdreaming no owls

[@indigenouspodcast2257]

Finally a good comment. I’ve been saying the exact same thing. Owls don’t come back after being shot multiple times. They also weren’t monkeys from the circus as what was told by the government. Kind of makes me wonder how stupid did the American government think it’s people were back then.

[@tartarusempress1583]

i love this channel, truly a man of facts and knowledge, someone who only faces one perspective in science can hardly be called a scientist at all.

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you!

[@maddieb.4282]

Science is a process of uncovering the truth that can be applied to any situation. It is not a dogma or a way of seeing the world. Science alone is not the issue. You’re referring to skepticism.

[@dianauwu1312]

"Owls are not bulletproof" is a new favorite sentence of mine

[@AndrewSmith-qw5kt]

"The Owls have been speaking to me, but I'm sworn to secrecy." Is my favorite owl sentence.

[@ObesePuppies]

Very nice content. 👍

[@Tsotha]

Great video - clears up a lot of popular misconceptions about the Hopkinsville Goblins case, adds a lot of illustrations and photos of both the witnesses as well as of the area that I have never seen before. I keep wondering if the look of the Goblins ended up inspiring both Joe Dante's Gremlins and Stitch from Disney's "Lilo & Stitch".

[@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380]

They do look like Stitch. If they looked like the coloured illustration in this video they would look adorable! But I do believe the family were genuine, whatever they saw. You don't all just rock up to the local authorities and report something like that on a whim and there were multiple witnesses whose reports were similar. I don't know what they saw, but it's certainly bizarre!

[@Tsotha]

@@cleoldbagtraallsorts3380 I also wonder if the 1957 science-fiction horror film "Invasion of the Saucer Men" was inspired by the Hopkinsville case... what with both the rural setting, disbelieving police officers and even the design of the aliens looking like a cross between the Hopkinsville Goblins and the Greys who would later besiege UFO abductees

[@mariawrites2941]

This sounds so much like the most recent cases in Peru (last month).

[@billgates3699]

“The dog began to bark violently” LOL this dude thinking words and sounds are violence 😂

[@Mr.internet.Lag.]

these little guys are all over kentucky, they get into the walls if you let them in

[@talonmadc]

Meth reference ?

[@amandalynnagain]

What???

[@2ezee2011]

As a member of a skeptic meetup I love this stuff. I love it even more because I have seen an immense equilateral triangle flying over me. It had a white light at each corner on its bottom side or I would have never seen it. I was stunned by its almost silence except a very vague kinda throbbing hum, as best I could hear. It was an overcast night so I could not tell all its features aside from the corner lights, underside and outside edge. But as it passed overhead I could barley make out that in the center of this huge triangle there was a "shimmering metal" appearance that was so dim I thought it was reflecting ground lighting (I was on Texas Hwy 287 north of Fort Worth/Blue Mound) from around the Highway but it was only reflected (if it was a reflection) in one large spot. It was so difficult to tell how high up it was except it was under the cloud cover. This also made it hard to tell how big it actually was. But it moved too slow to be an airplane nor did it have the lights airplanes have. It just moved towards where i was pulled over and began to turn East in the direction of I35 W across the approach of Alliance Airport but perpendicular to the airport. As I moved away the lights went out of site as the TRIANGLE flew with the its "leading" side slightly up. It quickly disappeared in the overcast night sky. At the time I thought it might be some gigantic dirigible since the bottom appeared to shimmer like it was not a solid shell. I have seen both the Goodyear and FUJI blimps except they did not shimmer as this did. I have no idea what i saw. But as a skeptic I have heard other skeptics give the most outlandish explanations that sounded worse/bizarre than saying it was aliens. I want to know but till there is hard physical evidence I still say whatever these type of sightings are they just fall into ...I do not know. And I am totally fascinated. Owls? Swamp Gas? light houses? and the worst of all: Drinking/weed. Drank a lot of top shelf Scotch and smoked some really good Dank but never have hallucinated, nor has anyone else I have ever known.

[@stefanschleps8758]

I did one time in 1973. I ate three or four methamphetamine white crossroads, and smoked a joint of genuine Panama Red with a close buddy. As I walked home from the field we hung out in I got a prolonged head rush, and as I looked up and out across the sky, I saw Micky Mouses face in a neon strawberry pattern, but it was obvious to me a drug induced psychedelic effect. Those were the days. (Maybe you saw the TR3B.)

[@keirfarnum6811]

The number of people I see describing these triangular“TR3b” type craft in YT comments on UFO videos is astounding. The vast majority of people describe exactly what you described; a low flying, slow craft that’s either silent or with a low hum, just cruising around with corner lights and sometimes a red center light or a black shimmery center half orb protruding from the center. Some people describe it flying off at incredible speeds too. The only one I have seen was a classic silver disc type saucer flying off the coast of SF when I was a kid. It performed maneuvers that no conventional craft could possibly perform. While I obviously can’t claim they’re aliens, there is something flying around in earth’s atmosphere that shouldn’t be.

[@keirfarnum6811]

@@stefanschleps8758 You had a good reason to see Mickey.

[@TheRedbattler]

If you wanna look deeper into why these purported "Aliens" appear to behave so absurdly I'd look into Jacque Valle and his book "Passport to Magonia"

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

Vallee has been making money off his daft theories of a prankster throughout the ages off of extremely gullible people now for too long imo( fairies, goblins & every other myth is aliens)give me a break🤦‍♂️

[@incomitatus]

What's a myth to some people, is truth to others. Vallee has consistently been correct about many parts of the UFO phenomena, especially those in his home country of France. It was Vallee that got the French space agency to release their UFO dossier regarding all the encounters with UFOs and their occupants in that nation. Check out that study & the excellent scientific reporting in it, it's fascinating reading and its available online, last I heard.

[@reinaldogarcia70]

I myself never hallucinated because of hard liquor drinking. It doesn't happen very rarely. It usually happens to chronic alcoholics.

[@kbrock9146]

Which came first, this, or Stitch? But in all seriousness, thank you for putting this information together for us!

[@ByWayOfDeception]

I never thought about it but Stitch completely looks like these drawings.

[@amandalynnagain]

Omg... & he is a little curious trouble maker isn't he? I can't remember I never watched the full movie

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

Sableye

[@ellisstevens8843]

Here in KY we have plenty of owl's and no grown man would mistake a creature they seen and heard there whole lives, and it's pretty hard to miss with a shotgun at point blank range especially if you shot boxes of shells must have been hell of a 🦉

[@MrCmon113]

People confuse everyday objects all the time, not to speak of animals at night.

[@prince-solomon]

Exactly, it's preposterous to think all the witnesses just couldn't tell an owl from a strange being, which they described in detail. It's similar to hunters being accused of confusing their alleged sasquatch encounter who took giant leaps and escaped with great tempo with a bear walking on its hind legs wobbling along for a short distance. Those people can tell the difference, and yet close-mindedness is used to disregard inconvenient reports, critical thinking turned into overzealous & over-skeptical denial from the get go.

[@mce_AU]

I call it "The Naughty Alien Hypothesis".

[@raceplayzichighidorahplayz702]

In my opinion, I honestly think they were telling the truth.

[@Davidcallard]

So do I. Honestly, the stupid sceptics never fail to thoroughly embarass themselves! Are we really expected to believe that no less than eleven responsible adults couldn't tell the difference between a collection of goblins or whatever and a pair of disgruntled owls? I just can't stop laughing! 😂

[@raceplayzichighidorahplayz702]

@@Davidcallard EXACTLY!

[@jameshollister8294]

Yeah but I'm not sure if they where just aliens

[@donmclemore1396]

The same thing is happening right now in Peru. I guess they were telling the truth after all.

[@flyinpug3791]

@@donmclemore1396yes, very similar descriptions of the beings in Peru and behaviors. Only difference was size

[@poppyraima5342]

"Mama, I'm going to shoot that little man" is an iconic line.

[@AeonOfChaos]

Lmao an owl? That's more farfetched than aliens, what a joke.

[@Adina201]

That was hilarious😂 thanks for sharing.

[@Watchoutwinston]

Awesome content!

[@ByWayOfDeception]

The funny thing about a subject that you know well and has been hashed and rehashed by KZbinrs is that as soon as one of your favorite KZbinrs does it, you immediately click on it.

[@Fireoflearning]

Thank you! If I cover a subject that's been repeated several times, I always try to add new information/perspectives.

[@ByWayOfDeception]

@@Fireoflearning I respect your hard work and art. You have brought joy to more people than you will ever know.

[@zuu1701]

As soon as I googled those specific owls, I can totally see how they could be mistaken!! They look extremely strange and really large.

[@stephen.s5089]

I've been hunting at night for years with lamps and callers and sometimes an owl will come to the call. Their wings are silent when they glide in but I've never mistook them for a little green man 😂

[@corbindawson2271]

It’s strange how the beings only continued their assault after the Witching Hour

[@mr.willywinker4u849]

That's because they are demonically or fallen angels they are clearly described in the bible and or in the book of Enoch they are evil. And always been here since the Lord cast them down to earth out of heaven

[@Sourcepowa]

4:03 Brah that's Disney's Stitch

[@Sea_Enjoyer]

I'm CERTAIN you posted this before. I spent months trying to find it again but I couldn't.

[@montymartin4493]

The Matrix

[@johndavis6119]

Fascinating story

[@MourningCoffeeMusic]

I find it incredible that almost all these accounts took place in the rural south, sometimes in the rural north. Never in cities or heavily populated areas. Interesting.

[@miapdx503]

I was thinking the same thing, they only seem to appear to rednecks. No disrespect, but it's interesting. Recently there was that appearance in Las Vegas, so there's that...

[@Ardwick-Crome]

28:20 Wrong! Owls can indeed be luminous. When I was a kid we had a luminous barn owl that lived in the tree beside the house for more than two years. I believe this is caused by a certain bioluminescent fungus that can dust an owl's feathers and make it clearly visible to the naked eye.

[@RedMustang-jw7ec]

I remember reading about this as a kid in one of my dads old Ufo story books. It freaked me the hell out😅

[@arcturusregula3970]

So, the creature walked like hank hill's dad? 😂

[@ChaseBlackmoon]

Poor Cotton Hill, they took his shins, RIP.

[@snicklesnockle7263]

5:45 "raised its hands in the air, as if" it just didn't care?

[@38dragoon38]

I'm always shocked how the aliens in these types of encounters are always easy to draw and humanoid in body shape.

[@roseg2239]

Why wouldn't they be humanoid? Why are human bodies shaped the way they are? Maybe it's the ideal form of a technologically advanced species.

[@38dragoon38]

@@roseg2239 you're right. Of all the I infinite forms intelligent alien life could possibly take then the humanoid form is probably the default. And they probably are roughly the same approximate size as us also (not the size of bacteria or giant Redwoods) and have the same relationship with time as us also (not move as slowly as plants or so quickly that they're a blur to us).

[@WillyOrca]

​@@38dragoon38I mean the crab body schematic has independently evolved like hundreds of times on Earth. If most creatures who live on the sea floor tend to eventually evolve into something resembling a crab, space faring creatures might also have similar body schematics. We're the only creature that we know of that has been to space. Therefore it makes the most sense to depict them with a humanoid body plan.

[@tylerchambers6246]

@@38dragoon38 Just think about why we look the way we look. If there are aliens, they have a head and face like us. Why? To segregate the brain to the most physically safe location in the body-- a protective casing at the very top, that is, a head, because it is the furthest point of the body and therefor the hardest to attack. So they will have a head. What of a face like ours? Well what is a face? It's all of our sensory organs gathered together into the place on the body closest to the brain, because the closer the sense organs are to the brain, the less lag there is in sending nerve signals from them to the brain. The less lag, the better reaction time, so grouping all the sense organs together into a face that is close to the brain which is going to be on a head, at the top of the body: an alien would follow those body plans because they are mathematically the most optimal. Now, going along with the reasoning behind evolving a head, they will also likely be bipedal because being bipedal allows you to keep that head far away from danger and at the top of the body for the longest possible time, so they will have legs to stand on. In order to evolve intelligence at all you have to be able to manipulate your environment, so they are going to have tactile appendages for doing that; most body plans evolve symmetry so, assuming they have legs, they will have a matching set of hands to go with them. So on and so forth. I believe that any advanced alien species will follow all these basic body plans and end up looking like us through convergent evolution, simply because they are mathematically optimal. Aliens that look alien might exist, but they will never evolve a technological civilization and it is pointless thinking about them making it to earth.

[@gitmoholliday5764]

it sounds more like Sloths

[@marioarias9942]

While this case seems preposterous to some ,the revelation that we are being visited takes on a whole new significance.

[@boneless_shrimp]

I got excited for a new upload only to find out it’s just a re-upload of another video 😭😭

[@boneless_shrimp]

I still love this story though don’t get me wrong lol

[@highwaydaytime7669]

I can't get over the fact that several adults drove to the police station at 2 in the morning because of owls or some known creature to then pretend it wasn't an owl or known creature. If they got spooked by owls then on the drive to the station realised it was a mistake they could have just turned around and no one would be any the wiser. The 50s were a hard time to live in, not horrendous but certainly more labour intensive than today. I imagine the older ladies days would have been filled with laborious jobs like cooking, cleaning and gardening. I'm sure by the evening time all sure would be wanting was her bed not to be kept up for hours with stories of glowing aliens. So I believe there was something for them to see and to be afraid of, what that was we will never know. I just don't see the point of making this up if there wasn't something genuinely there to see. I grew up in the countryside most of the time there's a huge amount of nothing happening and if you live in the country that tends to be the way you like it. This situation just seems to weird to make up just out of the blue, and for what end?