One of the more infamous apparent hoaxes to ever come out of Colorado is the subject of a new documentary on Netflix that ...

Falcon Heene became the biggest news story in the country in October 2009 when he was reported to be floating over Colorado ...

The 2009 spectacle of a balloon drifting miles with—allegedly—a child on board captivated the nation then turned darker.

MY family and I made an experimental flying saucer. It wasn’t supposed to fly and it took off. I think my six-year-old boy got inside. He’s in the air.’ This bizarre emergency call ...

O n July 15, the Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy takes flight, chronicling the saga of the Heene family in ...

Richard and Mayumi Heene were accused of concocting a hoax after their 6-year-old son was feared to have floated away in a balloon in 2009. The boy was found safe at home. By Christina Morales In ...

Balloon Boy is sorta like Fyre Festival or Savior for Sale crossed with Bubble Boy. Sorta. Performance Worth Watching: There ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has granted clemency to the parents involved in the 2009 “balloon boy” hoax which sparked national attention. Polis announced Wednesday he’s pardoning Ri… ...

FORT COLLINS, COLO. — A runaway balloon purportedly holding a 6-year-old boy was actually a publicity stunt intended to get the family a reality-television show, but instead could result in ...

The "balloon boy" case that sparked international media news attention Thursday was a hoax that will result in criminal charges against the boy's parents, authorities say..

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 ...