This isn't just any ordinary UFO encounter story. Meet a man who says he has proof.

He's the only living witness to what he calls a one-of-a-kind UFO encounter.

Jose Padilla was 9 years old in 1945 when he says he and his friend witnessed something they'd never forget. But it's not just the details of his story that set his close encounter apart. He says he has a piece of the ship—and you'll see it only on KCAL News, Tuesday at 11 p.m.

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