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RESCUERS in Brazil have reached a cluster of brightly colored party balloons floating in the ocean off Brazil's coast but failed to find the Roman Catholic priest who was using them in a feat to set a flight record. Reverend Adelir Antonio di Carli remained missing after lifting off from Paranagua on Sunday strapped to hundreds of helium-filled balloons. He was wearing a helmet, aluminum thermal flight suit, waterproof coveralls and parachute and was seeking to break a record for the longest time in flight with party balloons. He planned to use the money raised to fund a "spiritual" rest stop for truckers in Paranagua, home to Brazil's largest grain port. AP.

July 4 (Bloomberg) -- The body of a Brazilian priest who tried to break a record for flying suspended by helium balloons was found in the Atlantic Ocean near Rio de Janeiro more than two months after he disappeared.

The remains of Adelir Antonio de Capri were recovered.......... De Capri, 41, was found in seas near Marica, a city in the country's state of Rio de Janeiro.

He went missing on April 20 after taking off from Paranagua, a port city near Curitiba, the capital of Parana state in Brazil's south. His plan was to fly inland to Dourados, more than 450 miles northwest in Mato Grosso do Sul state. The motive for his trip was to raise money for spiritual rest stop for truckers in Paranagua and break a 19-hour record for flight using helium balloons.