Armed only with a whim of iron Pat embraces his friends, castigates his foes, challenges establishment thinking, and sheds light on the human condition. Pat wonders about mystery balls of light in the sky..

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"Mystery Ball" by Standing Pat

Overheard by Standing Pat - "It's not an UFO is it?"

What does it look like?
A glowing ball of light!

What? Where is it?
It's in the upper atmosphere, about 50 miles
above the surface of the earth.

Is it moving?
Yes, about 1/100th the speed of light.

Does it have mass?
It doesn't appear to have any mass.

Has this report been verified?
Yes, Dean A. Morss, PhD*.

Is it an UFO?
No, an UFO would have mass.

If it were an UFO, we'd be in trouble - right?

It can't be an UFO. Unless, er . . .

Unless what?

Unless it has mass, and, . . er, we just can't
see mass because it is cloaked.

Are we in trouble?

Well, I don't think so . . .

Hummm. . . I'm




___ Standing Pat

Pat@URLy.com

* Source. Video presented December 16, 1996 to the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, by
Dr. Dean A. Morss, Asst. professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Creighton University in Nebraska.
Confirmation by Morris B. Pongratz, a scientist with Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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