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Salinas Blue-Light Triangle and Device-Effect Reports

December 20, 2009Salinas, California area, California, United States

Multi-witness Salinas case involving intense blue lights/dark triangle, abrupt maneuvers, limited imagery and reported beam/electronic/physiological effects, with internal dissent and RC-model alternative retained.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Triangle / V / Boomerang(C-000254)→
Claims are displayed with the source wording, locator, relationship and verification state. Competing claims remain separate rather than being averaged into a single answer.
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Encounter · New Insights case observation

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CLAIM-216337reported
“Witnesses A and B reported an intense neon-blue bar-like light that approached and was then perceived as a dark triangular object making abrupt stops, rapid straight-line motions and 90-degree turns during a 30-40 minute event.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 171-178; printed pp. 161-168
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Encounter · New Insights reported associated effects

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CLAIM-216339reported
“Witnesses reported camera/phone-power problems, a beam and small red orb, mild bodily surge, vehicle popping sounds and two days of migraines. A keyless-entry problem clearly predated the event and no causal medical diagnosis is presented.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 172-178; printed pp. 162-168
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Encounter · New Insights evidence provenance

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CLAIM-216340reported
“The primary pair reported three still photographs, while a separated witness group recorded two 90-second video segments. Original media files are not directly ingested here.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 173-178; printed pp. 163-168
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Encounter · New Insights investigation finding

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CLAIM-216341reported
“Witness C believed the object was a normal sky artifact. The investigator also considered the nearby hobby/model-aircraft field and the Modesto RC-glider case, arguing that reported size/duration did not fit known models but not eliminating the alternative absolutely.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 175-176; printed pp. 165-166
CONTEXTUALIZES
CLAIM-216342reported
“A geographically separated group simultaneously reported five blue lights with hovering and rapid back-and-forth/up-down motion, placing the light source between the two groups; one witness heard a military jet after disappearance.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 177-178; printed pp. 167-168
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Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.
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Salinas Blue-Light Triangle (2009) · New Insights reported subject characteristics

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CLAIM-216338reported
“At close range the primary witnesses described a roughly 25-foot dark triangle with rough underside and several blue lights; reproduced enhanced still images retained blue-object imagery but did not resolve the claimed triangle outline.”
Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: New Insights
SRC-002150 · uploaded PDF pp. 172-176; printed pp. 162-166
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