tried to debunk the Hopkinsville 'goblins' for a friend, hit a wall on one thing

My buddy keeps posting the Kelly-Hopkinsville thing like it's gospel so I said fine, let me actually take it apart. Christian County Kentucky, Aug 21 1955, the Sutton/Lankford farmhouse. Whole family plus Billy Ray Taylor pile into the Hopkinsville PD saying little silver men with big ears and glowi……