Hopkinsville Goblins (entities).
allegedabduction_entityLandmark High-Strangeness Cases
The ~3-4 ft, large-headed, glowing-eyed, spindly, metallic-sheened creatures the witnesses said floated around the farmhouse and shrugged off gunfire.
The described entities are the claim layer of the Kelly case - consistent across witnesses but physically extraordinary (floating, bullet-proof, glowing eyes). Their visual profile (big eyes, round head, ~2 ft) is precisely what the great-horned-owl explanation reinterprets. They later helped seed the 'little green men' trope in popular culture.