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

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…