What happened in Kelly-Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1955? A terrified family, strange glowing figures, and bullets that had no effect sparked one of America’s most famous UFO encounters. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli analyze the evidence, skeptical explanations, and paranormal possibilities using faith and reason.

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Chapters:
0:00 - MYS403
0:23 - Intro
1:43 - Going to Kentucky
3:57 - The newspaper report
13:43 - Little green men or goblins
14:40 - Hopkinsville
15:58 - The Sutton family
22:04 - The encounter begins
33:51 - Going to the police
40:30 - The second encounter
43:19 - Thank you to Patrons
43:50 - Sponsor: Holy Terror Quickened, by John Dougherty
44:40 - Become a Sponsor
45:40 - Theories
46:40 - Reason Perspective: Mental illness
48:11 - Hallucination
51:35 - Hoax
1:01:17 - Self-protection hoax
1:03:13 - Publicity hoax
1:04:20 - Profit hoax
1:05:06 - Amusement hoax
1:07:19 - Misidentification
1:27:27 - A weird encounter
1:29:28 - Paranormal
1:31:07 - Faith Perspective
1:32:26 - Bottom Line
1:33:07 - Further Resources
1:33:41 - Mysterious Feedback: #392 Marita Lorenz
1:47:53 - Your mysterious feedback
1:48:30 - Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
1:48:35 - Jimmy’s YouTube channel
1:49:10 - Thanks to Alix Murray
1:49:15 - Next Time: The Ghost of the Banta Inn
1:49:39 - Follow the show
1:49:50 - Get your Mysterious merch
1:49:58 - Show notes
1:50:05 - Become a Patron
1:50:13 - Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary
1:50:36 - Sponsor: The Grady Group
1:50:52 - Outro

Further Resources:
• Davis and Bloecher’s book Close Encounter at Kelly: https://cufos.org/PDFs/books/Close_Encounter_at_Kelly.pdf
• Joe Nickell’s article Siege of ‘Little Green Men’ (subscription required): https://skepticalinquirer.org/2006/11/siege-of-little-green-men-the-1955-kelly-kentucky-incident/
• Monkey noises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCX-a1r1Gzk
• Chimp noises: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xXs0VKCk3Ts
• All About Birds on Great Horned Owl sounds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/sounds

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