The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade told Aviation Week on Thursday that it fears one of its diligently-tracked gasbags that recently went missing was mistaken as the mystery object taken out by the military over Canada on Saturday.

Here they are…

The Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade. nibbb.org

Uh-Oh,  I see a problem.  They ain’t diverse.  I wonder if the FBI knows about this?

The North American Aerospace Defense Command told Fox News that the FBI reached out to the NIBBB and “expects the National Security Council to have more on potentially identifying the objects.”

NIBBB did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

I feel safer already.

The Air Force used Sidewinder missiles in their targeted attacks against the Chinese spy balloon downed earlier this month and the mystery UFOs taken down last week, Fortune reported. Each missile comes at a price tag of roughly $400,000.

Now if I could only figure out why the Air Farce used a $400K missile from the F-22 instead of shooting it down with it’s cannon?

My favorite story about her was from an interview she did for some magazine. They asked her about her refusal to be photographed nude. She thought for a second and blushed.

“There was one time I was doing a show in Brazil, singing and dancing. Well there was a ‘wardrobe mishap’ and the strap holding up the dress snapped and the entire front of my costume fell below the waist. Exposing my entire torso. I quickly and calmly refastened the strap and covered myself.”

With a visible jerk the various photogs at the show blinked and looked at the cameras in their hands. It turned out that not one of them had snapped a picture of Raquel’s ‘charms’.
They were all mesmerized and stunned during their brief exposure to Raquel’s beauty.

Now that’s a tribute.

People Who Think Themselves Unattractive More Likely To Keep Wearing Masks, Study Says

A report comprised of three studies showed that people who thought they were less attractive were more likely to wear masks.

The report was derived from three studies conducted by the Department of Psychology and Center for Happiness Studies at Seoul National University in South Korea. The first two studies found that people who thought they were good-looking were less willing to wear a mask; they were less likely to believe that mask-wearing made them look better. The third study found that their belief was stronger in situations where they needed to deliver a favorable impression.

“Research shows that individuals who perceive themselves as more (vs. less) attractive possess more socially desirable attributes … have higher self-esteem … and enjoy better mental and physical health,” the study stated.

The study claims that “as essential cues that signal (un) attractiveness (e.g., facial symmetry) … can be censored with a mask, mask-wearing might critically influence how one’s attractiveness is perceived. … relatively unattractive individuals are deemed more attractive with masks … previous findings suggest that mask-wearing enhances perceived attractiveness among unattractive individuals, while the opposite is true for attractive individuals.”

The MEME just write themselves.