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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: yield 2 the right

You mean he never was in the balloon?


1,281 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:16 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: kik5150
Oh good. This is shaping up to be a HOAX. Who would ever expect a family with an inflatable UFO in the backyard to pull the wool over everyones eyes!
1,282 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:16 PM PDT by o2bfree (This president is giving me a headache!)
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To: Lorica

BOY HAS BEEN LOCATED AND IS OK


1,283 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:23 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: P-Marlowe

Overblown news coverage?


1,284 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:26 PM PDT by yield 2 the right (Freedom is never free, it costs blood, sweat and tears, and to some that is too high. I disagree!)
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To: PrivateIdaho

YES!!!!


1,285 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:31 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Pondo

Boy found hiding in a box in the attic according to LEO.


1,286 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:44 PM PDT by FReepaholic (Jump You F**kers!)
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To: dfwgator

There are times I’m real happy to be wrong!


1,287 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:52 PM PDT by alancarp (Obama: treat the unborn with AT LEAST as much respect as you do terrorists!!)
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To: PureSolace

Hiding in a box in his house?


1,288 posted on 10/15/2009 3:09:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog (No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. I AM JIM THOMPSON)
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To: Pondo

If that is so, they should be charged with filing false report and forced to pay back the costs incurred.

As I said earlier, I remember this family from Wife Swap and “BIZARRE” is a nice way to put it.

Lots of questions to be answered...


1,289 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:02 PM PDT by AUJenn
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To: PrivateIdaho

Under his bed or in the closet?


1,290 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:03 PM PDT by hattend (Sarah Palin's mob minion - Mob Name: Hatman the Hitman)
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To: Lady Jag

They said he was found in a box in the attic above the garage.....

FOUND!

ALIVE!!


1,291 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:04 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Sir Beowolf

Was hiding in a cardboard box in an attic above the garage.


1,292 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:06 PM PDT by Heartlander2
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To: dragnet2
Praise the Lord...it's a miracle...LOL.

sw

1,293 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:10 PM PDT by spectre (spectre's wife)
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To: Boiler Plate
"It landed without the kid in it, right? How did it take off with him?"

It lost helium during the flight.

1,294 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:12 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: AFPhys

Except that it didn’t.


1,295 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:31 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: o2bfree

Yeah, who would have expected?


1,296 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:38 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: spectre

Does anyone have live news coverage online. I lost my sound on fox 31 after hearing he had been found alive.


1,297 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:39 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Best thing about Cash for Clunkers is that 90% of the Obama bumper stickers are now off the road.)
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To: alancarp

I had my suspicions, but I knew better to hold my fire.


1,298 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: TomGuy

of course some commenters at Youtube had “CONFIRMED” that the boy was found dead...idiots...

Good news to say the least. Someone is in need of some parental discipline however...


1,299 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:47 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: AFPhys

This set up is comprised of 7 mylar balloons that took a grown man to 4,000' for ninety minutes.

1,300 posted on 10/15/2009 3:10:51 PM PDT by freepersup (!)
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