We share this universe with many living beings, some known and many unknown. While science still struggles to keep a record of all living beings, there is a vast number of creatures that science still hasn’t been able to discover. All we have are the witnesses, stories, and reports of unknown creatures that have been sighted. While most of them have been claimed as hoaxes, a question appears. How can so many witnesses be wrong? Among all the encounters with ghosts, faeries, demons, and other creatures, there is one creature that takes lead above all. Aliens! That is right! Aliens…the green creatures with bulging eyes and two antennas above the heads. While it might seem like a work of fiction that has been commonly utilized, one would wonder where the real concept of these beings came from. Why green? Or why the ones with bulging eyes?

To find that out, you would have to read an incident that will chill your spine. It was a fateful day of 21^st August 1955, one that would mark the most historical moments of humanity discovering other beings whom we share universe with. The critics would deny the evidence but when a few children and women and a man with pulse of 140 per minute run to a police station at 11 pm, something has definitely happened. According to the policemen, those weren’t the kind of people reaching to the police. Yet, the police met women and children along with a man, all struck with hysteria.

On that night, nearly a dozen members of a farm family known as Suttsons family arrived at that police station named Hopkinsville Police Station in Southwest Kentucky. What could be the reason that an entire family had arrived at such a late hour to a police station? All of them were breathless, behaving like they had seen a ghost. They actually had seen something like a ghost. The story that the family told of a terrifying encounter would soon become a national as well as international news. This story would then inspire many cartoons and later films to feature the otherworldly beings.

What makes this spine-chilling story a cut above others is the amount of detail the family told. So many witnesses couldn’t lie! The family was quite terrified. Encountering something like that for a few hours would do that to you. Especially if you lived on a bewildered farm, you would be genuinely terror-struck if you encountered something so terrifying.

The incident took place in a churchless small settlement of Kelly Kentucky, one that struck terror into a heart of an extended family. The family of near eight adults and three children lived in a three-room unpainted house with basic facilities available to them. One would emphasize that the entire family might have been lying about the incident that shook them to the core. Yet, so many people couldn’t lie in front of the police.

It was a hot Sunday, one that would require a family member named Billy Ray Taylor to fetch water from the backyard well. That was when the most terrifying, yet wonderful thing happened. He witnessed something silvery. Its shine reminded him of colors of rainbow as it hovered in the air, passing over the house and finally landing on the ground. It was a UFO that Billy had encountered.

21-year-old Billy was visiting the Suttsons family with his eighteen-year-old wife. He quickly went inside the house, explaining his encounter with the flying object that couldn’t be identified. Naturally, the family laughed, blaming him for drinking too much. Why on earth would such an object would be sighted like that? In the middle of nowhere? This small community was a hamlet where such an incident was uncommon.

However, soon, the entire family along with the visiting couple would be regretting making fun of Billy. Their experiences would soon be remembered, documented and told in news. After an hour, the dogs around the farm started barking, their sounds soon becoming unceasing. That could mean only one thing! Something had happened nearby. Had something happened? Did something so grave occur that the dogs sensed it and couldn’t stop barking?

That was when Billy’s doubts resurfaced. He convinced the family head Lucky Suttson whom he worked with in a travelling carnival to investigate. Lucky Suttson agreed, accompanying his working fellow Billy to the back door. There, through the opening, they witnessed something that would remain with them their entire lives.

Through some distance, there was a strange glow. And the source of that glow seemed to be a humanoid! It almost looked human. Right until one would notice its abnormal features. The head was large and perfectly round. The thin arms extended till the ground, the arms having claws instead of hands. What that family could never forget was the yellow glowing eyes on that perfectly round and oversized head. It was source of that strange glow. Within the night of a new moon, you could easily spot a glowing creature, slowly creeping towards your house. A frightening aspect! The family described that creature’s glow as silver, as if it was made up entirely of it.

These were the kind of people who reached to their guns before reaching out to the police. The two men grabbed their guns, ready to fire at this creature that came towards their house. The claws in place of hands were raised, as if trying to do something. They were terrified, shooting at the instantly. That was when they discovered it was resistant to the bullets, moving in an unnatural manner. It did a flip and something like a scramble, before disappearing into the darkness.

What was that they had just witnessed? The aspect of something otherworldly and terrifying appear like that at their back door was frightening! And to think that the bullets did nothing to keep those creatures away. Anytime, they could come and do whatever they had come here for.

Their troubles didn’t end at the back door. The creature made its appearance again, to the side window. Through there, the two men again fired multiple shots at that creature. And again, they were met with disappointment. The being simply evaded their shots, flipping in an unnatural manner and disappearing once again, leaving behind a family of immensely terrified people.

It still didn’t end there. The strange chill in the air was present and those creatures could still be felt near. The family was stranded. Who were those terrifying beings? What did they want? Taylor decided to investigate as he came at the front door, coming under the overhanging roof of the house. That was when the most terrifying thing happened!

Some said it was a talon of a bird. Others called it claw. Whatever it was, it reached down from there, touching Taylor’s hair. Could it have been waiting there all this time? Ready to pounce at whoever was going to come out? Whatever it was, it surely wasn’t an encouraging sight. The family panicked, pulling Taylor inside. Lucky Suttson shot that hand. That was when something glowing crawled in the tree…something glowing and equally terrifying. The family surely wasn’t going to take any chances as they shot that creature too. It simply landed on ground, scramming into the woods nearby.

They were still there, their intentions unknown and their presence chilling the family members to the bone. They made a few scratches on the rooftop. Near 11 p.m. the sounds completely went silent, encouraging the family to run to the cars and finally make their way to the police station. The matter was completely out of their hands now.

They were received by the policemen who soon took a liking to their stories. They assembled a group, joined by another military group of police and a photographer. The police found nothing. Gun shells were found, indicating that the family did indeed fire shots. But where were those silver men they claimed to have seen? No one could find that.

It still didn’t end there. The strange chill in the air was present and those creatures could still be felt near. The family was stranded. Who were those terrifying beings? What did they want? Taylor decided to investigate as he came at the front door, coming under the overhanging roof of the house. That was when the most terrifying thing happened!

Some said it was a talon of a bird. Others called it claw. Whatever it was, it reached down from there, touching Taylor’s hair. Could it have been waiting there all this time? Ready to pounce at whoever was going to come out? Whatever it was, it surely wasn’t an encouraging sight. The family panicked, pulling Taylor inside. Lucky Suttson shot that hand. That was when something glowing crawled in the tree…something glowing and equally terrifying. The family surely wasn’t going to take any chances as they shot that creature too. It simply landed on ground, scramming into the woods nearby.

They were still there, their intentions unknown and their presence chilling the family members to the bone. They made a few scratches on the rooftop. Near 11 p.m. the sounds completely went silent, encouraging the family to run to the cars and finally make their way to the police station. The matter was completely out of their hands now.

They were received by the policemen who soon took a liking to their stories. They assembled a group, joined by another military group of police and a photographer. The police found nothing. Gun shells were found, indicating that the family did indeed fire shots. But where were those silver men they claimed to have seen? No one could find that.