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Salinas, CA
California · San Benito County · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro
Salinas is a large city in California with a population of 161,993. Residents earn $89,150 per year, which is 19% above the national average.
2.6
/5.0
C+
Fair
161,993
Population
6,887/sq mi density
$89,150
Median Income
$28,813 per capita
$610,900
Home Value
$735,950 Zillow
$1,923
Median Rent
32.1% income on rent
55°F
Avg Temperature
324 sunny days/yr
498
Violent Crime/100K
2,251 property/100K
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Overall
2.6 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.3 / 5.0
$89,150 median income, 2.9% unemployment
C+
Affordability
2.8 / 5.0
$610,900 home value, $1,923/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
498 violent crimes/100K (31% above avg)
C
Education
2.2 / 5.0
15.5% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Salinas
UFO Sightings
27
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
2
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Mines
1
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Salinas, CA
27 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Salinas, CA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Salinas, CA | 2014 | Large egg-like craft with bight lights observed for 2 hours at a time by 2-4 people for 7 days in a row! |
| Salinas (~1 hour past; on hwy 101), CA | 2013 | Huge pulsing object shoots across sky toward ocean. |
| Salinas, CA | 2013 | For the past couple of days starting December 22, 2013 I have seen a distant object in the sky that moves speratically up, down, side t |
| Salinas, CA | 2011 | Green UFO hovering over houses and rapidly speeding off towards the ground. |
| Salinas, CA | 2011 | 2 red orbes horizontal from each other |
| Salinas, CA | 2010 | multi strobing stationary lights in the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Star? PD)) |
| Salinas, CA | 2010 | sightings of moving crafts over salinas california in the early a.m hours of april 8th 2010 |
| Salinas, CA | 2009 | 30 - 40 min interaction with triangle craft |
| Salinas, CA | 2008 | Two faint orange objects moving in sky over Salinas |
| Salinas, CA | 2007 | I was observing a small plane at night when I noticed dim lights behind first aircraft. |
| Salinas, CA | 2004 | Round white object near Salinas freeway |
| Salinas, CA | 2004 | Large formation of UFO's seen over south Salinas, CA on Oct. 11, 2004, in broad daylight. |
| Salinas, CA | 2004 | moving object acossed central california |
| Salinas, CA | 2003 | I was not the actual witness but the news stations were discussing the incident for hours and the object was reported from Sacramento,C |
| San jose/gilroy/salinas, CA | 2001 | Strange glowing lights scattered by appx 6 miles apart seemed to hover and then disappear and reappear |
| Salinas, CA | 2000 | One brightly lit ball that left a trail. |
| Salinas, CA | 2000 | Object with huge light and middle of the light pink smoke |
| Salinas, CA | 1999 | My sister in Salinas saw a green light - about the color of a traffic light. At first looked like a shooting star but was slower and t |
| Salinas, CA | 1998 | Fireball flickers to a huge tumbling black potato, eyes and all, looking rock |
| Salinas, CA | 1997 | a LIGHT IN THE SKY THAT LOOKED LIKE THE NORTH STAR. THE DIFFERENCE WAS WE COULD SEE THE MOON AND THE NORTH STAR. THE OTHER LIGHT I COUL |
| Salinas, CA | 1996 | Young man and girlfriend see 2 tiny, distinctly pink-colored points of light streaking from N to S in W sky. Moved oddly, "floated." |
| Salinas, CA | 1996 | Man awakens, turns on TV. Sees 3x prominent green lights in triangular formation through blinds. Outside, sees other strange lights. |
| Salinas, CA | 1995 | Man & wife hear approaching "thumping" sound. See two bright red, pulsing triangles in sky fly from NW. |
| Salinas, CA | 1995 | Young woman witnessed "string of lights" for 15 min. in overcast sky. Winked off, then back on several times. |
| Salinas, CA | 1981 | As clear as life, as like I had never seen a real saucer craft . 500 Lights On Object0: Yes |
| Salinas, CA | 1979 | Disc shaped saucer craft seen about 100 feet away |
| Salinas, CA | 1972 | Huge object. At least 2 football fields long. Altitude approx. 500 ft. Observed moving slowly westerly direct. No lights. No sound. Und |