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The Greatest Evening in My Life: The Onboard UFO Encounter of Sid Padrick

Disc1 witnessSighting reportJan 30, 1965, 10:00 AMManresa Beach

Witnesses

1 witness

Duration

Unknown

Source material

3

Timeline

3

Source context

Moderate context

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Source provenance

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

5% illumination

Waning crescent — darker sky

Solar window

Sunrise7:11 AM
Sunset5:32 PM
Day length10h 20m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsClear sky
Temperature46°F
Cloud cover18% · Mostly clear
Wind5 mph

Area activity

Within 2 days2 sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 30, 1965, 10:00 AM

Timezone

Pacific Time

Location

Manresa Beach

Observers

1 witness

Witness account

Narrative

The Greatest Evening in My Life: The Onboard UFO Encounter of Sid Padrick by Preston Dennett For more than a year, Sid Padrick (a TV and radio repairman) had repeatedly felt compelled to take early morning walks on Manresa Beach near his home in Watsonville, California. On the morning of January 30, 1965, he learned the reason why. It was 2am; he had finished his walk and was in the parking lot at Manresa Beach when he heard a buzzing sound. Looking up, he saw a strange disc-shaped craft desc...

Case progression

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Encounter windowJan 30, 1965, 10:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Manresa Beach.

PublishedJun 28, 2026, 3:26 AM

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Signal attachment

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Cover image

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Original report

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.