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Fort Collins boy in loose aircraft (6 yr old boy found hiding at home not in balloon)
Denver Post ^ | October 15, 2009 | Kieran Nicholson

Posted on 10/15/2009 11:45:55 AM PDT by Arec Barrwin

Rescuers are tracking and chasing a "homemade flying saucer" that is in flight with a 6-year-old, by himself, on board.

The incident started this morning in Fort Collins when the boy got into the balloon-like device, which was built by an adult, and it came loose from a tether, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.

The contraption could rise as high as 10,000 feet, the sheriff's office said.

The home-made flying saucer was last seen in flight over Weld County.

The sheriff's office is working the Federal Aviation Administration to determine how to best get the boy down.

The homemade airplane was tethered in Fort Collins when the boy got onboard and it floated away. (Lisa Ecklund via 9News)

The six-year-old boy was by himself on board the hommade aircraft. (Courtesy Lisa Ecklund, via 9News)

The craft could fly as high as 10,000 feet, according to the Weld County Sheriff's Office. (Lisa Ecklund via 9News)


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: balloon; balloonboy; denver; faa; falconheene; jiffypop; missing
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To: mojitojoe

The morons on FOX said so.


1,041 posted on 10/15/2009 2:03:32 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: pillut48

Thank You!


1,042 posted on 10/15/2009 2:03:48 PM PDT by JFC
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To: Arec Barrwin

reporter on Fox31 is saying that, at a briefing, they were told that this craft may have reach as high as 15,000 feet.


1,043 posted on 10/15/2009 2:04:00 PM PDT by TomGuy
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Local news (The Denver Channel; 7News) saying that it is reported that the boy crawled into a box that was attached to the bottom and is not there now.


1,044 posted on 10/15/2009 2:04:03 PM PDT by Heartlander2
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To: AFPhys

Oh no.


1,045 posted on 10/15/2009 2:04:16 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: TornadoAlley3

I know what you mean. For a couple of hours, I felt normal again.


1,046 posted on 10/15/2009 2:04:18 PM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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To: don-o

See post 1035.


1,047 posted on 10/15/2009 2:04:24 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (President Milli Vanilli wins a NOBEL! Palin/Cheney 2012)
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To: don-o

Thank You!


1,048 posted on 10/15/2009 2:04:58 PM PDT by blu (Graffiti the world, I've seen the writing on the wall...)
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To: don-o

Thank you for being annoyed, mr know it all!


1,049 posted on 10/15/2009 2:05:03 PM PDT by AFPhys ((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))
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To: AFPhys

Oh, Lord, let him be stuck in a pine tree canopy. Unharmed.

In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.


1,050 posted on 10/15/2009 2:05:05 PM PDT by txhurl (It's only a matter of time before FreeRepublic has this fraud's scalp on our lodge pole.)
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To: All
Certainly a weird family...

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YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo

1,051 posted on 10/15/2009 2:05:30 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Boiler Plate

There was internal structure to the balloon... it was not a single compartment.


1,052 posted on 10/15/2009 2:05:52 PM PDT by AFPhys ((Praying for our troops, our citizens, that the Bible and Freedom become basis of the US law again))
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To: stayathomemom

It has maybe 100 words in it.

I recall it well.


1,053 posted on 10/15/2009 2:06:36 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: katlynne11

Yes, I did think they acted very weird. I couldn’t figure it out. The almost acted afraid of it. Perhaps they were waiting for the news feed to be cut. Weird. Unless they already had reports of an falling object from it. Still, strange indeed.


1,054 posted on 10/15/2009 2:06:50 PM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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To: Daus

I heard that on Fox as soon as the story broke. America chased this thing thinking a boy was inside for two hours. The father built this craft and would know right away that the compartment was gone. They would have immediately broke the news that the basket/compartment was missing.


1,055 posted on 10/15/2009 2:07:26 PM PDT by md2576 (Power Corrupts: Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.)
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To: RobRoy
Yup. We always stayed in the car at the grocery store and once our youngest brother (who would have been maybe four) did the same thing. I tried to swing it back into park but the car was rolling too fast and it wouldn't catch. So we rolled something like 100 feet and hit a power pole. It did make a small dent in the back end of the ‘62 Belair but somehow we all escaped getting any butts dented.
1,056 posted on 10/15/2009 2:08:20 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (MMM MMM MM!)
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To: katlynne11

On MSNBC they showed this thing pretty close-up. It looked as if the whole thing was covered with the mylar, and that there was no “door” or any other place that the kid could have gotten in.

Obviously, the dad that constructed this knew that, and one would assume that he told the authorities that there was no way that the kid was riding in what was left in the sky being photographed. The only way the kid would be riding would be in another attached “box” that they are talking about falling off.

I’m not sure why they even bothered tracking the balloon, as they would have had to know from the parents that there was no passenger compartment remaining.


1,057 posted on 10/15/2009 2:08:55 PM PDT by jaybee
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To: ETL

According to people posting on that YouTube video, they’re saying that the boy’s body has just been found. Don’t know how true it is...


1,058 posted on 10/15/2009 2:09:33 PM PDT by PureSolace (Trust in God)
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To: AFPhys
All of a sudden they're talking about a basket. “It wasn't there when the balloon landed.”

Been watching FOX & MSNBC for hours and there never was a basket attached for the two hours camera followed it.

Brother says he was in it and bro believes he fell off. That was mentioned quite a while ago but they (assumedly) withheld info about the basket.

Did authorities purpose withhold info to prevent civilians from looking for the boy on the ground?

1,059 posted on 10/15/2009 2:10:04 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: TomGuy

Maximum altitude up to 15,000 feet — I just heard that too.


1,060 posted on 10/15/2009 2:10:09 PM PDT by CedarDave (FOX news:"Fair and balanced (no matter what the White House says) . We report because others won't.")
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