Remembering Patrick Flanagan – Chapter 13 – 3i/Atlas to the Rescue
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Solar System Visitor 3i/Atlas
This December marks six years since I lost one of the dearest and most extraordinary friends of my life. There are moments when I wish I still had access to his wisdom—moments like now, when democracy itself seems under siege by creeping autocracy. How I miss being able to hop on Skype for his direct, penetrating take on life in these troubled times.
And now, with 3i/Atlas entering our solar system, I find myself wishing I could share with Pat my intuitive theory: that this celestial traveler—or objects like it—may have passed Earth many times before, acting as catalysts for great evolutionary leaps. Perhaps even sparking the very emergence of life. Perhaps. I emphasize that word. Unlike the charlatans who twist such ideas into cults or new religions, I hold myself to the ethic of never presenting my far-out musings as literal fact.
Corned Beef and ETs
One warm May afternoon in 2013, Patrick and I shared a simple meal together. He looked up from his neatly eaten corned beef sandwich and, with that impish twinkle, asked:
“Any new messages from that ET spirit guide of yours, Ken?”
“Always,” I grinned. “Ohom says hi, Dr. Flanagan—and thanks you for helping me reach Antarctica.”
Patrick dabbed his mouth with a black paper napkin that fluttered in the desert breeze. “Which of the 24 meditations you did there does Ohom think was most important for humanity’s evolution?”
“The first one. The moment I landed on the Antarctic shore at exactly 12 noon on 12-12-12—Shifting Fear to Love.”
For that answer, I didn’t need to reach out to the 13th dimension of the Orion star system where I imagine Ohom resides. Patrick chuckled, his magical Irish laughter outshining even the noonday Arizona sun.
“I bet. If humanity ever learns to transmute fear into love, Ken, we’ll be ready for galactic society.”
It’s moments like this—stolen flashes of wisdom—that I miss most about working on The Flanagan Experiments and bringing Patrick’s genius to the world.
The Crevasse in Antarctica
I told him about one of those Antarctic meditations. My Argentinian expedition guide had warned me never to wander from the trail: deadly crevasses could be lurking beneath thin crusts of snow, he said. But I wanted untouched, pristine snow for my filming. Feeling divinely guided—and protected by the ET energies that had brought me there on time—I wandered off.
As I began to film, the crust gave way beneath me. I dropped suddenly into whiteness. My life flashed before me—until, with absurd relief, I realized I’d only sunk three feet, snow up to my waist.
Patrick burst into laughter, that same laugh that once earned him an offer to voice Mr. Magoo after Jim Backus’s passing. “That’s ET magic, Ken. Laughter brings love.”
What Patrick Would Say About 3i/Atlas?
Patrick’s inventions will live long after both of us are gone, still whispering his genius to future generations. My favorite is the Neurophone that enhances meditation.
I have been wondering what he’d say about 3i/Atlas—a body hurtling through the solar system at a staggering 60 kilometers per second, the fastest object ever recorded, slipping through at just a five-degree angle to the solar system’s plane. To understand how fast that is, Earth is moving
I suspect he’d enjoy my imaginings—that 3i/Atlas might be a cosmic seed carrier, scattering sparks of intelligence across the universe and truth can become what we make of it. One thing’s for sure. We sure could use a little ET intervention right now.
