Perhaps aliens got lost on the way to Area 51.





There is an elaborate crop circle in a field about six miles southeast of Salinas – yet where it came from is still a mystery.





Security guards from San Jose-based Echelon Security were outside the property Monday morning. They said they could not reveal their client, only that they had been hired to stop the area from “becoming a circus.”





A representative from the company at its San Jose headquarters said he could not reveal when they were hired, who the client was or if they were at that exact location.





In a 2½-minute YouTube video posted Monday morning, two men appear to drive along Chualar Canyon Road before sunrise and see flashing lights in a field.The get out of a compact car, hop a fence and enter a pushed down area of weeds on a cultivated field.





“Dude,” says one man, “are you seeing this?”





The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said they have not heard any reports of a crop circle.





Despite some rumors, the California Highway Patrol said there were no road closures in the area.





Employees at Salinas Municipal Airport around 11:30 a.m. said they have yet to hear about the crop circle, and Mondays are generally a slow day at the airport.





Do you have more information on this crop circle? Call 831-646-4487 or email mhcity@montereyherald.com.