Around 11 p.m. on the night of August 21, 1955, eight people showed up at the Hopkinsville, Kentucky police station in a state of panic. "We need help," one gasped. "We've been fighting them for nearly four hours."

They quickly explained that the "them" were aliens — creatures with glowing yellow eyes, silvery skin, and long arms who had swooped in from out of the sky. While it may have sounded outlandish, multiple witnesses soon corroborated the story. To this day, the Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter remains one of the most compelling stories of an alien encounter on record.

Learn the full story of the encounter and how it inspired both "E.T." and "Gremlins": https://inter.st/p8io

Why is it aliens alway show themselves to carnival workers in Kentucky, but never land at a country club in Rhode Island?

These guys weren't moonshiners by chance, were they?