Immaculate Perception

Yeah... who could have possibly seen this coming?

-- SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Rescuers scoured the waters off Brazil's southern Atlantic Coast yesterday looking for a Roman Catholic priest who disappeared after floating into the sky strapped to hundreds of helium-filled party balloons.

Rev. Adelir Antonio di Carli lifted off from the port city of Paranagua Sunday wearing a helmet, aluminum thermal flight suit, waterproof coveralls and parachute in a bid to break a record for the longest time in flight with party balloons.

Hey... screw that "ministering to the poor" thing... I'm gonna be famous.

A cluster of balloons was found last night, floating in the sea off Brazil's Santa Catarina state.

And now... I guess he is.

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