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 ...

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 ...

It’s not the most impactful story Denver7 covered in its 70 years, but the 2009 infamous balloon boy incident captivated millions of people who were glued to their TV sets watching the drama unfold.

Remember the "Balloon Boy Hoax"? This short clip revisits the wild story that captivated the nation. #BalloonBoyHoax ...

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 ...

"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 ...

The Good Morning America segment on the Heene family that aired Tuesday is a gift, plain and simple. Checking back in with the Heene family some 10 years after they captured national attention with a ...

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.

Richard Heene has been sentenced to jail time and received a huge fine for his role in the Balloon Boy hoax. The Larimer County District Attorney’s Office sent Richard and Mayumi Heene a bill for ...