Netflix's latest Trainwreck documentary revisits the controversial Balloon Boy saga that captivated the nation. In 2009, audiences watched in horror as a homemade balloon believed to have a 6-year-old ...

The Balloon Boy Hoax captivated the nation in October 2009, when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed their 6-year-old son, Falcon, was trapped in a homemade helium balloon shaped like a silver flying ...

The 2009 spectacle of a balloon drifting miles with—allegedly—a child on board captivated the nation then turned darker. Breaking News Intern The family at the center of the infamous 2009 “Balloon Boy ...

"Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene is now 16 and in a heavy metal rock band with his brothers Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her ...

On October 15, 2009, people who loved cable television, especially cable news, were in for a glorious afternoon—even if they didn’t realize it when they woke up that morning. America was about to lose ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Ten years ago, the world watched as a homemade balloon soared across the Colorado skies. And inside was a 6-year-old boy, probably terrified and possibly injured. Or so everybody ...

Yes, There Is a Boy in a Balloon Somewhere Over Colorado [Wait, No, There Isn’t]Falcon Heene, who was thought to be in a helium balloon thousands of feet in the air this afternoon, is still missing.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Anyone who watched the news in 2009 will remember “Balloon Boy,” the viral news story about a six-year-old boy who, supposedly, was trapped inside a helium-filled flying ...

"We are all ready to move past the spectacle from a decade ago," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said The parents convicted in the bizarre 2009 "Balloon Boy" case have been granted a pardon by Colorado Gov.