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)
Yikes! Did he seem shaken up? Relieved?
That what I've been looking for!
If that’s what he said, he didn’t do himself any favors. Since the state bailed out his budding vehicle business, maybe the state can get 99% ownership in return?
you don’t have to wait too long the family is already “ruined”
The adults of this family should be invesigated
This vulgar video of the Heene boys is all you need to see....
what decent parents would put this on the internet or even allow their kids to sing these vulgar words/messages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo
Yes, you a couple others were smart enough to figure it out. Too bad FOX and CNN didn't have experts on to testify to the same thing.
The entire world was focused on this kid.
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Relieved! He was hugging his son and fighting back tears.
Totally agree
80% Nitrogen, 19% Oxygen, < 1% H20, CO2. Trace amounts of Ne, H, He, Ar, 03, Methane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBWJXXgaYBo
Thanks for posting that and hope many see it. It gives a whole different view of ‘innocent young boys’, for sure!!
Hate to be a ‘fly on the wall’ in that families home....
I long for Leave It To Beaver days, lol.
Someone post the press conference video...I can’t quite get that puny tv signal from Denver to the west coast.
Boys will be boys...I certainly remember all the heartstoppers I did to scare the crapola out of my parents...
One thing is for sure...After all was said and done, my rear end got tanned more than George Hamiltons mug!!! That was a known factor...
But I turned out ok in the long run...Some people might disagree...
“. The whole country was in thrall watching this for hours, thinking a child might be killed.”
Maybe some. The few of us here that watched it were hoping the kid was having the ride of a lifetime.
Yes, they were on TV but I didn’t see much of an explanation yet. Probably missed it if it happened.
The basket/ compartment was mentioned early on (policewoman? said something about it) ...
For me, the most interesting thing to know right now is whether or not the big brother actually believed the younger was on board...
We need to come down hard on this A$$hole family or we will reap a plethora of imitators and copycats each trying to gain more media attention than the last.
LOLOL
[Breaking: Police find Jimmy Hoffa at home in breakfast nook]
http://minx.cc/?post=293672
You just gave me my laugh of the day, thanks!
I vote for downtown, bright lights and a lie detector machine.
I, too, was a tree climber. One day I was at the top of a fifty foot tree in the backyard, swaying back and forth. It was a thrill until a neighbor lady saw me through her kitchen window and called my mom.
I don’t know. Do you? Have proof?
LOL...I guys say CPS is waiting around the corner to swoop down on these people...
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