Salinas California Triangle: EM Effects on Vehicles and Phones, F-18 Pursuit, Migraine Injuries
On the night of 20 December 2009, multiple independent witnesses in suburban Salinas, California — approximately 7 miles southeast of the city center — observed a large triangular UAP over a period of 30 to 40 minutes. A married couple (Witnesses A and B) first noticed the object as an intense neon-blue bar of light moving in precise square patterns, then executing impossible maneuvers: instantaneous acceleration from a standstill, 90-degree turns at high speed, and abrupt stops — all completely silent.
As the object approached, it banked and revealed a triangular shape, deep black with a rough underside, estimated at roughly 25 feet in length. The blue bar resolved into multiple individual blinking lights. The object hovered over a neighboring house and directed a light pulse at the witnesses, who both felt an energy wave pass through their bodies. Their parked 1985 Camaro produced audible metal-flexing sounds. A red orb was observed ascending into the object via a light beam. The object eventually departed through an opening in the cloud layer, followed within ten minutes by an F-18 military jet flying without navigation lights in the same direction.
Simultaneously, a Monterey County Sheriff dispatcher (Witness D) and his neighbor (Witness E) observed the same object approximately three-quarters of a mile south, documenting it on two Sony Handycam video segments. Witness D had previously observed the same blue object on Thanksgiving Day (26 November 2009). During the December event, all house phones failed, cameras malfunctioned when aimed at the object, and both primary witnesses suffered severe migraine headaches lasting two days. A VW R32's keyless entry system, which had been malfunctioning for days, began working correctly after the event.
Background
The Salinas triangle incident of December 2009 is notable for the combination of multiple independent witness groups, electromagnetic interference affecting multiple devices, physical symptoms in the primary witnesses, video documentation from a law enforcement professional, and a military jet response within minutes of the object's departure.
The Incident Witnesses A and B (a married couple, pseudonyms) resided approximately 7 miles southeast of Salinas near the Parkway/River Road and Pine Canyon Road area, within sight of the Salinas Airport. At an unspecified hour on the night of 20 December 2009, their house phones suddenly failed and all dogs in the neighborhood began barking simultaneously. Looking outside, they observed an intensely bright neon-blue bar of light to the north at roughly 30 degrees above the horizon.
Witness Accounts The object initially moved in slow, deliberate square patterns, then transitioned to maneuvers that defied conventional aerodynamics: instantaneous acceleration from a complete standstill, 90-degree direction changes at high velocity, and abrupt halts — all performed in complete silence. As it approached and banked, its structure became visible: a triangular craft, deep black with a rough-textured underside, estimated at approximately 25 feet in length (roughly half the length of the house it later hovered over). The blue bar resolved into multiple individual lights that blinked on and off.
The object hovered over a house across the street and directed a pulsed light toward the witnesses. Both A and B reported feeling a distinct energy wave pass through their bodies. Their parked 1985 Camaro produced audible sounds consistent with metal flexing or deformation. A red orb was observed ascending from ground level into the craft via a beam of light.
Investigation Witness A attempted to photograph the object with a Sanyo XAct-55 (5-megapixel camera), producing three images in which the blue object is visible after Photoshop enhancement but the triangular shape is not clearly resolved. The camera repeatedly failed when the object was nearby and functioned again when it withdrew.
Simultaneously, approximately three-quarters of a mile to the south, Witness D — a Monterey County Sheriff dispatcher and police sergeant — was alerted by his neighbor (Witness E) and observed the same object from his backyard. Both saw five blue lights in a row exhibiting erratic, rapid vertical movements. Witness D recorded two video segments on a Sony Handycam (Mini DVD-R format, each approximately 1:30 in duration).
Witness D had previously observed the identical blue object on Thanksgiving Day (26 November 2009) over Toro Park Road/Highway 68 in Monterey County at approximately 800 feet altitude — a sighting independently reported to the Sheriff's department by another citizen.