Who believes that the six year old boy trapped in balloon was a hoax?”
A 6-year-old boy, Falcon Heene, was trapped in a helium balloon on Thursday in a 2-and-a-half-hour long unexpected flight. Rescue services in Colorado, near Fort Collins in the US, tracked the home-made UFO in an attempt to save a 6-year-old who was trapped inside. The “home built UFO”, made a by father and son team took off unexpected on Thursday afternoon with the boy supposedly inside. The balloon has now come down in a field, however on closer inspection, the boy wasn’t onboard. Authorities are now baffled as to where the boy could be. Eyewitnesses reports are now reporting that people saw something drop from the air prompting authorities to perform a ground search for the boy. Richard Heene, the father of the missing boy is a Colorado weather-chaser. Further digging by the US media has revealed that the boy and his family — mother, Mayumi and brothers, Ryo and Bradford appeared on the ABC series “Wife Swap” on Oct. 3, 2008 and were voted back for the 100th episode of the show, whi
UPDATE II: More information is coming in. From Denver Channel 7 News, “Search Under Way For Fort Collins Boy After Empty Balloon Touches Down”: The search is on for a 6-year-old boy who is missing after floating over northeastern Colorado in a homebuilt helium balloon that touched down about two hours after lifting off. The balloon landed about 2 miles northeast of Prospect Reservoir at 1:35 p.m., in Weld County, but the boy was not inside. That’s about 50 miles from where the balloon lifted off. The boy has been identified as Falcon Heene, the youngest of three sons of Richard and Mayumi Heene, of Fort Collins. The family reported Falcon could not be found after the balloon lifted off. His older brother told his parents that he saw Falcon climb into the small compartment at the bottom of the balloon and the balloon lifted off, Larimer County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Kathy Messick said. The balloon had a small compartment that carried batteries, she said. “It was never intended for
