flying saucer

@fitzwillie Research says it would take a 12' sphere of helium to lift 57 pounds. Craft never looked that big.

@brianstelter @HitFixDaniel notes: CNN went to commercial first, and since then, "they've been covering OTHER NEWS. How odd." Fox, MSNBC still on balloon.

@brianstelter Does the Balloon boy story remind anyone else of "Where The Wild Things Are?"

@astroengine RT @mactavish: RT @sqfield: A 7x20x3 foot balloon filled with 12,000 liters of helium can lift 30 pounds. The boy was never in the balloon.

@idesk iDeskCNN: The search for Falcon Heene is now on around the area where his Family lives in Colorado. watch CNN for live coverage. @cnn

@poniewozik This is weird. MSNBC still reporting authorities confident Falcon was in craft; CNN still reporting the opposite.

@rstrohmeyer RT @BrianDunning: That balloon is WAY too small to have lifted the kid, so he didn't fall anywhere. They'll find him. (hope Brian's right)

@mateagold RT @LATshowtracker ABC's "Wife Swap" family's balloon is subject of airborne drama http://bit.ly/4ylPMR

@carr2n we should all probably spend some time in the naughty corner along with Falcon, but the flying saucer vid WAS hard to resist #balloonboy

@MickiMaynard RT @jenny8lee 2007 denver post profile of richard heene, #balloonboy dad. http://bit.ly/4uKnmi "I think i have odd kids," he said.