On the evening of August 21st, 1955, 11 terrified residents of the small town of Kelly, Kentucky, flooded into the local police station with a harrowing tale. They claimed that they had not only seen extraterrestrials that evening, but had been fighting the creatures for most of the night. Their story has held a strong place in UFO lore to this day. This is the story of The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter.

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