In August 1955, two families in Kelly, Kentucky, reported an hours-long encounter with small, glowing, silver alien "goblins" at their farmhouse. They claimed to have fought the creatures with guns, but police and military investigations yielded no physical evidence. Skeptics argue the families simply misidentified Great Horned Owls and meteors. The legendary incident inspired the pop-culture trope of "little green men" and is still celebrated annually with a local festival.