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40°30′38″N 105°4′27″W. / 40.51056°N 105.07417°W / 40.51056; -105.07417. The Balloon Boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, when a homemade helium-filled gas balloon shaped to resemble a silver flying saucer was released into the atmosphere above Fort Collins, Colorado, by Richard and Mayumi Heene. They then claimed that ...
- October 15, 2009
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- Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
The couple were convicted of the hoax in 2009 after saying their son was carried away by a balloon.
Oct 29, 2019 · ABC News. It's been 10 years since police called the search for the infamous balloon boy a hoax, but even now, the boy -- now a teenager -- and his parents are standing by their story. Richard ...
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Dec 24, 2020 · The so-called balloon boy incident captivated television audiences in 2009 as the parents of a 6-year-old — appropriately named Falcon — reported he had been carried away in a large, UFO-like ...
Oct 19, 2009 · EXPLAINER. (CNN) -- Three days after the world watched a giant balloon fly through the air as a tearful family expressed fears that their 6-year-old boy could be inside, authorities announced what ...
Oct 15, 2019 · FILE – In this Oct. 17, 2009 file photo, Mayumi Heene, left, leaves her home escorted by Larimer County Sheriffs in Fort Collins, Colo. Mayumi Heene, the mother of the 6-year-old boy purported ...
Dec 24, 2020 · Rescue services scrambled to save him, but it was revealed to be a hoax and the pair were convicted. After 13 years, the couple have now been granted a pardon by the governor of Colorado. "We are ...
