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)
Somebody is going to get a BIG bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No child inside confirmed by local Denver station.
CNN has been saying that the Sheriff’s Dept says the boy if was ever in there may have fallen out early on.
Shep is an idiot!
No one inside!
NO CHILD INSIDE...oh boy...now what?
You know... they had the wherewithall to be at the right place where the balloon landed, not us. I think if there was a kid inside, they'd have found him.
KMGH CONFIMRED! NO ONE INSIDE!
fox getting report no one on board...
I bet the kid let the balloon go, and went and hid because he was afraid he’d get in trouble.
One report no one inside.
hoax??
or did the bottom fall out somewhere else?
Foxnews moves camera view to studio.
Apparently, this could be a tragic ending.
http://mfile.akamai.com/22341/live/reflector:34154.asx?bkup=34162&prop=n
Live stream from Denver TV.
Shep will just have to make the best of it and buff his finger nails.
Confirmed, no one on board.
I think the fist guys there did grab grapple lines that you probably can’t see. You may have noticed them during the coverage.
This CNN anchoress is so dumb that she’s embarrassing to listen to...
Told ya, Runaway Bride Story...way to go media!
The child’s brother says the boy might have fallen out.
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