Where is 6-year-old Falcon Heene? ‘Boy in Balloon’ is what he has been dubbed, as the AP first reported the story of Heene climbing into the family’s homemade aircraft and the balloon taking off with the child inside. The balloon has landed, but the youngster was not inside. Read more about this developing story plus video below.
My phone started ringing off the hook this morning with friends and family telling me to turn the TV on . I watched in horror as I read the ticker of ‘Boy in Balloon’ trapped inside. The contraption, which looked like a Jiffy Pop Popcorn container, could be seen flying at a clip of around 25 miles per hour and reportedly could have gone as high as 10,000 feet.
The boy was soon identified as 6-year-old Falcon Heene, and according to the family, he somehow got into the contraption, where it got tethered loose and it started to take off. Get more details of the story here and here. Photos can be seen here. Television crews via helicopter were tracking the balloon, which had been airborne for two hours. It has been reported that it got as high as 2,500 feet. Officials were baffled on how to get the aircraft down, since it was believed that Heene was trapped. The balloon has since landed, and Falcon was not inside.
Falcon and his family were featured in the ABC show, Wife Swap earlier this year. You can see a picture of Falcon here.
The Heene family have been described as “storm-chasing and science-obsessed”. No word yet on the boy’s whereabouts. Speculation of the boy even being on the balloon are now surfacing, and some are wondering if this was just a hoax to turn attention to the family. What are your thoughts? What do you think of 6-year-old Falcon Heene - boy in balloon or not?
We will update this story as more information becomes available. Meanwhile, check out video of the story below.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
It is really suspicious, I hope the boy wasn’t murdered by his crazy father, and then everything with the balloon just staged . . .
October 15th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
This is very weird. I just heard the news in the UK news and can’t believe it. I hope that he’s ok whether he was in the balloon or not..
October 15th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
It was Buddha, Buddha took him…or god, or the Aliens
October 15th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
October 16th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Hi,
Simply he was dropped somewhere up the sky. Maybe dropped in the ocean maybe. Who knows? Did put camera? I hope the BOY will be found.
Regards,
October 16th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I am astounded about this footage,I can not believe it, I mean what did the boy do up in the attic for 5 hours? I can understand him “possibly” hiding out of fear from his dad, but for 5 HOURS? What the heck is a kid that age gonna do for 5 hours? It just does not make sense?
October 18th, 2009 at 7:34 am
WELL IF THE LITTLE BOY WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BALLOON WOULDEN’T IT HAD WEIGHTED DOWN??? EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A BIG SOUCERER IT STILL HAD THE MANUFACTORING OF A BALLON AND IF A BALLON HAS WEIGHT ON OR IN IT, IT ALWAYS WEIGHS DOWN!!!!!! I DONT MEAN TO BE MEAN BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS IS JUST A WAY TO GET ATTENTION!!!! ALSO, WHY WOULD THE LITTLE BOY SAY THAT IT WAS ALL FOR SHOW ????? THEY WERE ON WIFE SWOPE AND THEY WERE ALWAYS TRYING TO GET ON T.V SOME HOW I GUESS THEY FINALLY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED!!!&& I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT IT WAS PROBLY A HOAX!!!!!!!!!!!!