Gee, and I thought it was a subspace signal from Dr.Who, whose tardis is spinning out of control, and cleverly signaled our space satellites for help. :-)

The History Channel had a show on these..... a direct hit from one of these beams, would kill all life on earth, except maybe in the deep oceans.

gas bullets must have moved at least 99.9999 percent the speed of light.

I guess it's similar to the odds that one could get hit by lightening.... very low but happens all the time.

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth My Petition to the Great Cosmic Conciousness

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