Area 51 "mission" excuse

Antonio Patrinostro, 43, was arrested last week north of San Francisco after ramming three cars and causing minor injuries. Apparently, he told police that he was on a mission for Area 51. He's facing three years in prison if convicted of felony drug and traffic charges. From the Marin Independent Journal:

Patrinostro "told the officer that the vehicle could fly if he went fast enough, and basically just started bouncing off of cars," (California Highway Patrol officer Mary) Ziegenbein said.

"He was under the influence of cocaine, Valium and marijuana and stated that it was a top secret experiment with his doctor for Area 51 and the government," she added. "He also stated that he was working for a cure for AIDS by taking the drugs."

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[#1 posted by mortis , April 14, 2008 10:17 AM]

oldest excuse in the book...am i right?! if i had a dime for every time i get the "hey, let me holla at you for a second...i'm on a mission for Area 51 and need a few bucks to get my flying car off this highway..."

^m^

[#2 posted by JSG , April 14, 2008 10:18 AM]

Over a loud speaker:

"Hello, everybody, uh, yeah, uh you are going to want to stay away from the brown X, that's the brown X, thank you."

[#3 posted by Abby Normal , April 14, 2008 10:30 AM]

How admirable.

Fighting the good fight for the cure for aids.

[#4 posted by Beryllium , April 14, 2008 10:48 AM]

Do they give out points for creativity? :)

[#5 posted by Jake0748 , April 14, 2008 11:04 AM]

Poor Mulder, has he really sunk this low?

[#6 posted by phlavor , April 14, 2008 11:05 AM]

Crazy ass honky shouldn't have spoke of "the mission." Now they'll kill him.

[#7 posted by The Jones Ultimatum , April 14, 2008 11:23 AM]

Well,the guy is right-My vehicle will also fly if driven fast enough,albeit only for a short time.
Yeeee haaa.

[#8 posted by Elysianartist , April 14, 2008 11:38 AM]

I">http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/03/05/flying-car/">I wonder if this was his car....?

[#9 posted by toxonix , April 14, 2008 11:49 AM]

You ever feel as if your mind had started to erode?

http://www.alexcox.com/images/ac_bigpics/RM_JFrank_Cop.jpg

[#10 posted by Chris , April 14, 2008 2:40 PM]

This guy is the reason for the "War on Drugs."

[#11 posted by reptiles_and_samurai , April 14, 2008 6:35 PM]

@#5,

Well, you know how riled up he gets when he and Scully have a fight...

[#12 posted by xopl , April 15, 2008 7:59 AM]

What a dumb ass... everybody knows if you get caught breaking the law you say, "It's a matter of national security. I'm fighting terrorists." And/or, "I do not recall."

"Area 51" is never going to work.

[#13 posted by strathmeyer , April 17, 2008 6:56 PM]

"Uh, the government doesn't refer to it as 'Area 51', but nice try."