That's not true. The bottom portion was separate from the helium filled balloon part and had a hatch for putting equipment in.
I heard the wife’s 911 call too, she said the “UFO” was in the air 20 minutes, it took her 20 minutes to call 911? The whole thing was poorly planned.
If their story is true then it is not odd at all. There had to be time for the two older brothers to tell mom and dad that Falcon crawled in it. Then they would question them strongly to see if they were kidding. Then maybe a bit of a search around to see if he was hiding. Would you call out half the state before doing a little verification of two kid's story?
That bottom portion was pretty small, even for a 6 year old, theoretically if he was in there, we would have seen some sag or ANY type of movement from that tiny confined space. He would have been smushed in that little part, no way that you couldn’t tell. No way that thing lifts off with a 6 year old in it and the “father” knows that.
watch ths family on Wife Swap... you will likely come away believing they planned it all...