Boy 6, Floats Away In Hot Air Balloon
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft and floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to figure out how to rescue the boy.
Live footage from a local TV helicopter showed the balloon gliding quickly through the air.
Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella says the device, which is shaped like a flying saucer, has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver.
Campanella said the 6-year-old climbed into the access door and was in the airborne device.
FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the agency has been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar.
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@astroengine Sounds REALLY fishy! RT @Alyssa_Milano: Was it a hoax? Ballooon Boy tells CNN: "We did this for the show" http://bit.ly/1uvxlA
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@JohnKeilman In other Fort Collins news, someone robbed the town porno shop. You monster! http://bit.ly/rjlc1
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@andersoncooper Evening Buzz: Balloon Mystery Solved http://bit.ly/2YSO4T
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@donlemoncnn Balloon kid being a hoax is big topic a blogworld on Vegas. What do u think?
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@jackgraycnn A long, bizarre night has come to an end. Off to curl up on the couch with my dog...if she isn't up in a balloon.
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@amandakaschube RT @amysimons RT @JimMacMillan Falcon Henne tells CNN "We did this for the show." http://is.gd/4lF5f (at 40 sec mark) #balloonboy
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