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the kelly kentucky ufo goblins part 2 by

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charles lear

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in 1955 ufo investigation methods that

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could provide data appropriate for

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scientific scrutiny

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were still being developed and refined

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u.s air force investigators for project

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blue book

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had made major progress in terms of

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gathering data and organizing it

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thanks to the efforts of captain edward

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j rupelt during his oversight in 1952

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and investigators from private

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organizations would later have a model

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they could follow

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thanks to donald kehoe and his group the

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national investigations committee on

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aerial phenomena

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formed in 1956. the air force and nycap

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focused on witness accounts backed up by

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photos

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films trace evidence and radar

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confirmations of tangible objects

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in an attempt to prove or disprove the

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extraterrestrial hypothesis

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because the kelly hopkinsville case

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described in part one of this blog

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had only witnessed testimony of a very

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bizarre nature

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neither organization saw fit to

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undertake a detailed investigation

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there were at least three serving

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members of the air force from nearby

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fort campbell

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who visited the kelly farm in an

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unofficial capacity

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one of them major john e albert issued a

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report to project blue book more than

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two years after the events

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in response to a written request from

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thomas usaf at air technical

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intelligence center

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the request is dated august 29 1957

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and in paragraph two thomas expressed

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concern that there was a magazine

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article about the case

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soon to be published and that the air

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force would be asked to comment

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thomas emphasized in paragraph three

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that quote no credence can be given this

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almost fantastic report

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end quote and that it was never

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officially reported to the air force

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nycap received a report from albert

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andre of greenbriar tennessee

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but it was based on an interview with

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glenny lankford that he conducted in

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if future researchers only had the above

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sources to reference

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many details of the case might have

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never come to light fortunately a man

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with an interest in the kelly happenings

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took it upon himself to interview the

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witnesses with an inspired approach on

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august 22nd

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encounter

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andrew bud ledwith was an engineer and

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announcer for the local radio station

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amateur radio when he encountered a

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technical problem that prompted him to

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drive to the station in order to consult

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with one of his fellow engineers

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at the station he was informed of the

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events at the kelly farm the night

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ledwith had recently read a magazine

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article about police sketch artists

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working with witness descriptions to

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reconstruct the facial features of

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suspects

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having studied art himself he thought

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that this would be a means to quote

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end quote ledwith drove to the farm

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bringing with him the station owner's

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son mike lackey to ensure he didn't lead

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and ledwith introduced himself and

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lackey he asked if she and the other

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three women virus sutton eileen sutton

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and june taylor

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would be willing to give him an account

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of the former knight's events

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and describe the creatures they'd seen

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while he sketched langford invited them

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into the living room and with the

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agreement of all they began

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leadwith described the process in the

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written report and emphasized that he

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was immediately corrected whenever he

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made any sort of suggestion about a

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he wrote that when the sketch was

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field and back of the house and came

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if the state police would be interested

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radio station later in the day he

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on whop and because there was no radio

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ledwith and lackey then went to the

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gully on the neighboring property where

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spaceship end quote was reported to have

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they quote searched it thoroughly end

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quote and found no indication that

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he shouted that's it

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that's it that looks just like it and

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ludwig described getting quote cold

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ledwith asked taylor if they could make

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a sketch from his description and they

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similar to the one done with the women

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hopkinsville after asking permission to

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when the other men would be back from

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ladwight was back at the farm at 7 30

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by this time the crowds had arrived and

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the men elmer lucky sutton his brother

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came into the house after talking with

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ledwith described lucky as having

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bear end quote ledwith wrote that he

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felt lucky was prepared to throw him out

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women's drawing on a table

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ledwith described him sitting down and

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that the face was round and that the

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chin did not come to a point

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the three men and got an account of the

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night's events from them as well

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ledwith's report was made available in

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close encounters at kelly and others in

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link available in the written version of

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this blog published in 1978 by the

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center for ufo

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studies founded by project blue book

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consultant j alan heineck

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the authors isabelle davis and ted

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blocher were members of civilian saucer

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intelligence of new york

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and had a long relationship with heinek

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supplying him with many reports during

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his days with blue book

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in a report link available to csi

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members for the summer and fall of 1955

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it is mentioned that the quote story of

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luminous little green men

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believed to be probably true

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end quote in june of 1956 isabelle davis

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a highly respected researcher and

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treasurer for csi

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made the trip to hopkinsville to look

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into the story the first person davis

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spoke to was the hopkinsville chief of

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police russell greenwell

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greenwall had had a ufo sighting of his

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own in 1952

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and davis felt that his lack of

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skepticism made him a useful source of

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she discovered that glenny langford had

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sold the farm to her nephew and was at

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that point in time

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living in hopkinsville she also learned

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that the family had become embittered

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and reclusive

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due to ridicule from the public and the

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press and were refusing to further

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fearing outright rejection davis went to

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the house in hopkinsville without

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langford finally agreed with the

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stipulation that she would only discuss

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scene most importantly she spoke with

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and was able to compare her information

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with copies of the drawings witness

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statements and affidavits

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when she wrote a report for the qfos

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close encounter at kelly is a thorough

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account that includes lists of primary

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witnesses and sources of information

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maps of the area and kelly farm plan

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agencies and documents from the project

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it remains as the most detailed and

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comprehensive source for students of the

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science it is still compelling thanks to

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some good investigatory methods employed

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witnesses but getting statements and

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was in this writer's opinion

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pretty good for a first-timer footnote

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alan heineck was made aware of the case

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a few months after it had occurred end

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quote he wrote about it in his 1972 book

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in the book heinrich wrote that he was

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