By Tim Binnall
A prominent UFO researcher's bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has come to an end following Tuesday's primary election in California. Former Air Force Captain and fixture in the world of UFO research, Robert Salas sought to represent the state's 26th Congressional district and had been campaigning for the office since last November. Although he conceded that challenging the incumbent Democrat was an uphill battle, he hoped that California's primary system, in which the two top vote-getters regardless of party wind up on the general election ballot, would allow for him to possibly obtain a spot in the November race.
Unfortunately, this was not to be as Salas was bested by both incumbent Julia Brownley as well as her Republican challenger Ronda Baldwin-Kennedy, who will now face off in the general election. According to a local media report, the UFO researcher came in a third place with 7,026 votes. While Salas has yet to issue a statement regarding the election results, in a Facebook post prior to Tuesday's primary, he indicated that if his campaign came up short that he would "return to a quiet life of reading, writing, activism, cooking, gardening, woodworking, and contemplation."