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The Greatest Evening in My Life: The Onboard UFO Encounter of Sid Padrick
Witnesses
1 witness
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Field Intelligence
Moon phase
5% illumination
Waning crescent — darker sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
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...
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Witnesses place the encounter near Manresa Beach.
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Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
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Original report
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telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.
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