"This case is distinguished by its duration and also by the number of witnesses involved." Project Blue Book listed the case as a hoax with no further comment. In popular culture The event is at the origin of the popularization of the words "little green men". Prior to this sighting, flying saucer occupants were called "little men"; "little green men" were limited to the science-fiction culture, in particular the Mack Reynolds story The Case of the Little Green Men (1951) and in Fredric Brown's Martians Go Home (1955). The day following the alleged sighting, however, local reporters started to call the creatures "little green men", and the words were soon reproduced in many newspapers, quoted on the radio, and translated into other languages. In the late 1970s, Steven Spielberg used the event as the basis for Night Skies, an unproduced science fiction horror film. The 1986 comedy-horror film Critters is loosely based on the event. The Pokémon Sableye, introduced in Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, is based on the goblins described in the event. In the games, they are animated with a swaying or "wading" motion, based on the creatures' reported gait. In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the "hobkins", a type of gremlin from the Bestiary 5 book, is based upon the goblins described in the event. The event was the basis for the Annoyance Theater's musical "It Came From Kentucky" in Chicago. A February 2020 episode of the American television series Project Blue Book focused on the event. The Kelly community celebrates the event annually with the Little Green Men Days Festival. See also List of UFO sightings Goblin References External links Episode 137: American Goblins – Part 2: Joe Nickel interview about the event on the podcast Monster Talk Christian County, Kentucky UFO sightings in the United States 1955 in Kentucky August 1955 events in the United States