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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: dragnet2
No boy in balloon!
What is this — a hoax by this dingbat family? This family appeared on the idiot tv show “Wife Swap”. They are not too tightly wrapped.
Jerks!
481
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:19 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(ACORN is a criminal enterprise.)
To: Arec Barrwin
Just as I thought, he's not in there....Some little boy is in for a baddddddddd spankin'.......
Glad it turned out ok.
482
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:24 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Who's your Long Legged MacDaddy?)
To: Never on my watch
Doesn't look good. They looked insideand the ambulence pulled up. Either no one inside, or the boy is unresponsive.
483
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:25 PM PDT
by
Candor7
(The effective weapons again st Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (Member NRA)
To: 80skid
484
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:28 PM PDT
by
Clint N. Suhks
(President Milli Vanilli wins a NOBEL! Palin/Cheney 2012)
To: Cinnamontea; Hillarys Gate Cult
Event that sounds to have been too high an estimate. Thanks for the reports.
485
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:37 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Deficit spending, trade deficits, unsecure mortages, worthless paper... ... not a problem. Oh yeah?)
To: New Yawk Minute
There was earlier speculation that he may have fallen out of the balloon ... while in flight..
486
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:40 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Sloth
You watch CNN? Shep on Fox is embarrassing himself again.
487
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:41 PM PDT
by
mojitojoe
(Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
To: Clint N. Suhks
He fell out? How could he fall out..that basket was closed.
To: TomGuy
Could he have survived a fall?? Prayers!
489
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:43 PM PDT
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: Never on my watch
490
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:44 PM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
To: deport
What next..... was the child there to begin with or was this a hoax......Did they pass "health care" while we were watching this?
491
posted on
10/15/2009 12:43:48 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Obama's Blackberry, who's on the other end?)
To: dragnet2
My guess is the kid was never in the ballon or he fell out and is DOA.
492
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:04 PM PDT
by
stockpirate
("if my thought-dreams could be seen. They'd probably put my head in a guillotine" Dylan)
To: Charles Henrickson
Shoot, I made a reply as they were looking and apparently looked at the TV and didn’t push “send”, lol
Looks like no child in there after all.
493
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:09 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(Actions Speak Louder Than Words)
To: The Toll
I don’t trust former REALITY show contestants. These people will do ANYTHING to get back on television!
Great way to get publicity for his Balloon invention...
494
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:10 PM PDT
by
tcrlaf
("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
To: AliVeritas
I hate to say this, but you have to suspect the parents. If something happened to them, this is one way you could cover it up.
Not saying that happened, but you have to consider it.
495
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:15 PM PDT
by
for-q-clinton
(If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
To: dragnet2
Crying.... Please, Lord, let him have jumped out safely.
496
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:16 PM PDT
by
txhurl
(It's only a matter of time before FreeRepublic has this fraud's scalp on our lodge pole.)
To: DCBryan1
Agreed! Same here.
That thing came down between two sets of wires, very lucky not to have been blown into them.
497
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:17 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Deficit spending, trade deficits, unsecure mortages, worthless paper... ... not a problem. Oh yeah?)
To: Clint N. Suhks
Um... has anyone called the parents?
498
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:25 PM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Lord forgive me... we know he's anti-Christ. The pride and chaos get him the pit again.)
To: Palladin
Dude, what if the kid got on and fell out? Show a little compassion until this is figured out.
499
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:27 PM PDT
by
rhc2000
To: Arec Barrwin
He must have fallen out at some point during his flight. God bless and comfort his family.
500
posted on
10/15/2009 12:44:32 PM PDT
by
LatinaGOP
(But then again, I homeschool)
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