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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: New Yawk Minute
Now, they are worried that this kid is sucking in helium.

Man, if he gets through it, he may have a permanent munchkin voice.
501 posted on 10/15/2009 12:44:47 PM PDT by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load)
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To: AFPhys

When this first happened I mentioned to my husband that the little boy may have loosened the tether and ran to hide when he realized what he had done. HOpefully that’s happened and that he’s safe. We all know children who have touched something they shouldn’t—including ourselves!


502 posted on 10/15/2009 12:44:49 PM PDT by GoldwaterChick (We Snowflakes will always remember our beloved Snowman with the incandescent smile.)
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To: AFPhys

When this first happened I mentioned to my husband that the little boy may have loosened the tether and ran to hide when he realized what he had done. HOpefully that’s happened and that he’s safe. We all know children who have touched something they shouldn’t—including ourselves!


503 posted on 10/15/2009 12:44:50 PM PDT by GoldwaterChick (We Snowflakes will always remember our beloved Snowman with the incandescent smile.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

lol! Probably.


504 posted on 10/15/2009 12:44:53 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: Las Vegas Ron

LOL thanks for the light humor. I think we needed that.

So where is the kid? Is anyone saying, since we are all watching something different.


505 posted on 10/15/2009 12:44:54 PM PDT by New Yawk Minute
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To: Arec Barrwin

Where’s Waldo?


506 posted on 10/15/2009 12:44:55 PM PDT by Rebelbase (This is the time of year when ACORNS fall.)
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To: New Yawk Minute

I think this and “wifeswap” might be promotional opportunities for selling some of the gadgets the father likes to make.

Cynical, yes. It’s better than a hurt kid.


507 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:10 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: tcrlaf

RIGHT! This is a family addicted to Reality TV. Sounds like a big fat hoax.


508 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:11 PM PDT by Palladin (ACORN is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: All
Fox News is now reporting the kid's brother says he may have fallen out at some point. However, there aren't any visible holes or breaks in the fabric of the 'passenger compartment'.

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509 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:12 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: Palladin

You’re kidding me? lol...

I believe it.


510 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:14 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: TomGuy

Dear God, I hope the kid is OK.

Hopefully, if he did fall out, it was while the balloon was at a low enough altitude that he survived.


511 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:15 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Hope....Change...Bullsh*t)
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To: deport

The family was on Wife Swap on ABC in 2008.

This damned well better not be a hoax given the cost and disruption caused.


512 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:19 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: rhc2000

I agree.


513 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:23 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: smedley64
Hopefully the kid was fiddling with it, up up and away it went without him, and he ran and hid like most 6 year olds would have done after a “no-no.” Hopefully.

I would hope. But Shep says there is a report of something falling from it.

514 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:35 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GonzoGOP

Well, the balloon did go over the lines. Thanks for the conductivity correction. When it gets to higher voltages like that all bets are off for sure.


515 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:36 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Deficit spending, trade deficits, unsecure mortages, worthless paper... ... not a problem. Oh yeah?)
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To: tcrlaf

I agree with you, and if you had seen how nuts the father was on the Wife Swap show ... (and yes, I am embarrassed to admit that I ever watched it!)


516 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:41 PM PDT by Pondo
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To: AFPhys

It may have happened before the cameras were on the scene.


517 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:44 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: LatinaGOP

CNN Anchorette said “the balloon took off like a ferris wheel”. Where do they get these idiots? Oh yeah, from the ‘rat party.


518 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:44 PM PDT by HighWheeler (The higher the concentration of libs, the bigger the tragedy that follows.)
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To: stockpirate
My guess is the kid was never in the ballon or he fell out and is DOA.

Only two options there are. If he fell out, they may never find him, depending on terrain.

519 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:45 PM PDT by DCBryan1 ( Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims. Execute child molesters RFN!)
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To: rintense

It’s all too possible he fell out. This may not be pretty.

It’s hard to see so unfortunately, people claiming they never saw anything fall, or noticed him nearby on the groun, doesn’t mean much.

Hope he’s OK, even if he did fall (in which case I hope they find him).


520 posted on 10/15/2009 12:45:46 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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