Kelly Hopkinsville Encounter, The Goblin "Invasion" of 1955

There is a pervasive stereotype that only hillbillies from the southern United States see UFOs and aliens - or "Little Green Men." While this stereotype is patently false, it was not created out of thin air. Rather, the association between uneducated southerners and UFO landings, as well as the popularity of the term "Little Green Men," both come from a highly influential case from rural Kentucky in 1955. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/user?u=3375417 Donate on Paypal: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/support.html Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/n2N7K-nbPsE Website: https://ThinkAnomalous.com Full sources & transcript: https://ThinkAnomalous.com/kelly-hopkinsville-encounter.html Facebook: https://facebook.com/ThinkAnomalous Twitter: https://twitter.com/Think_Anomalous Instagram: https://instagram.com/Think.Anomalous Think Anomalous is created by Jason Charbonneau. Illustration by Colin Campbell. Music by Josh Chamberland. Animation by Brendan Barr. Sound design by Will Mountain and Josh Chamberland. Sources: Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher. "Close Encounter at Kelly and others of 1955." Evanston, IL: Center for UFO Studies, 1978. Available online: http://www.cufos.org/books/Close_Encounter_at_Kelly.pdf. Jacqueline Sanders, "Panic in Kentucky " The Saucerian Review, January 1956 (Grey Barkerm Clarksbug, W. Va.) pp . 19-23. J. Allen Hynek. The UFO Experience: a Scientific Inquiry. New York: Ballantine Books, 1972. UFO Case Review contains sound design with elements downloaded from Freesound.org. Typewriter_2rows.wav, Uploaded by Fatson under the Attribution License. This podcast also contains gunshot sound effects downloaded from SoundBible, recorded by GoodSoundForYou and RA The Sun God.