Balloon Boy - CNN

[baconimos123]

well, you know, that thing is flying... that boy is 6, he must weigh like, what? 50 pounds? more or less, but how would that thing be in the air if there is no power? like, wouldnt he be too heavy to have the thing fly?

[hyperthrash]

Are you people FUCKING stupid? You think the family got caught and fined? That's what they want you to think. The news was entirely behind this 100%. Their the ones filming this blimp on strings. It truly is a test to see how gullible you people really are. Clearly based on the comments, that's more than half of you. This lie along with the terrorist threat levels back in the day have got to be some of the most idiotic.

[venkatneehar1992]

it's a fake one,b'caz the air craft is not moving relative to camera

[Jumzu]

wow the annotations are asking to rate it 5 stars ... u can tell this is old!

[RAWAR14]

i saw it it flew right on top of me i was like its a UFO

[RAWAR14]

wow he had fun lucky kid

[AddieFinch1997]

I live in Colorado. This was the best day of my life.

[WhiteMousse1980]

"Experimental Aircraft."

It's a friggin' balloon.

[SHIBAInuFilms]

New from Derpsney films presents: MADE UP!

"How much trouble can this dad get into when he fakes a story about a runaway balloon and his helpless 6 year old son?"

THE SKY'S THE LIMIT!

[RevelationGJS]

That balloon is going pretty fast

[JorJorArmany]

UFO?

[appleman1324]

so is balloon boy real??

nope, CHUCK TESTA!!

[daliand1221]

Like if you live in colorado, and you remember this.

[BarbiesToxic]

omg flying mushroom! WATCH OUT MARIO!

[georgekush]

PSYOP EVENT JUST LIKE JUDGE ADAMS BEATING HIS GIRL BS

[Legoman346]

Better than a roller coaster

[awuwp]

thumbs up if you also hate those 25 people

[booboowilson10101]

@awuwp You know this is fake right?

[matthew9631]

@booboowilson10101 its not fake it was just a hoax

[booboowilson10101]

@matthew9631 w...wut

[awuwp]

25 people are this kids parents!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cprhoff1]

It was a lie

[myemodrake]

Start the video from 2:20 until 2:28 you can see strings. :')

[Ganondork222]

@myemodrake those are actually the tethers that were connected to it to hold it down before liftoff. and at 3:20, it explains them.

[longcatislonong1]

The balloon is a lie

[ISAACCLARK17]

I hope he lives

[mschiffi]

The poptropica creators made a parody of this on poptropica counterfeit.

[thebomb3220]

i can`t believe that a family would pull a prank like this the parents should rot in prison for the rest of their lives

[swik9880]

@thebomb3220 

[gdrot06]

It also a goddamit prank!!!!!

[gdrot06]

This is f fake idiots!

[Victorres231]

@gdrot06 no its not fake

[Unim6]

@Victorres231

What do you mean it's not fake? This whole balloon boy thing was a hoax. The parents just wanted a reality TV show or something like that.

[mccannbox]

Holy crap!

[SweTyNes]

You see the strings ;D

[froggywithus]

they did this for fame

[theoliviakitty]

theres no boy in it



[Nick2ndLJ]

if theyre filming the thing why didnt they rescure him?

[prodiggy13]

@Nick2ndLJ

Filming something from a distance isn't as hard as saving them,

kid wasn't even inside, it was all a hoax so that the parents (no serving time) could get a reality TV show.

[Nick2ndLJ]

2:05 u can see the ropes =.=

[kfig45]

It was a fake for publicity for there tv show and they were caught in the end

[SlimYabby]

The Family and the kids who pulled this hoax are pussy ass cocks at first i was hoping for a UFO

[YesItMightBeTrue]

A boy can't fit in there.

[extremepig1]

this scared me to death!!! i was in co when it happend

[lewism1995]

@BAWK0 anger issues???? i agree with cheekyjayci you are mad LOL!!!

[Massooze]

The Ballon is actualy not moving as fast as it seems. It is an Illution made by a Helicopter Xirculation around the Air-Craft.

[TheAnimaldude55]

wow that gets me dizzy

[Avian98X]

@BAWK0

He probably ment to call her a bitch, his bad.

[ventures58]

Balloon Boy: IRL troll.

[iExcelStudios]

Fake

[P23Ian]

When I first watched this live on the news, I called BS. None of my roommates thought I was right, since the news "never lies". When I pointed out how the balloon was listing around like a get well balloon, and that there was nothing to indicate that it was bearing any sort of weight that a 6 year old might be expected to have, they still didn't believe me. When the kid let it slip later that it was a stunt, I had an awesome "told you so" moment. May logic prevail!

[TMAN911wwe]

@BAWK0 Dude, it was a hoax. So technically, they should all 'Burn in hell'. For lying to MILLIONS of people....

[PATTERTH]

That was me in that balloon

[calledtheduty]

ok i was woried michal jackson was ordering takeout from heaven

[nathannoyesphoto]

@calledtheduty brilliant.

[RachRach1001]

@calledtheduty LOL

[kurthanson2005]

So idiotic. A balloon of that size could never take off with a payload of over say 5 pounds.

[TheAshton97]

I find it funny hwo she talks about it like the baloon is humoungous! Lul.

[CantBelikeit]

Cartoons...

[knuxiscute]

i thought the boy was in the balloon!! D:(

[cheekyjayci]

@BAWK0 You're evidently a male on his period. ROFL.jpg

AND TROLOLOL. U SO MAD BRO. Y U SO MAD.

[cheekyjayci]

@BAWK0 TROLOLOLOL. ON YOU PERIOD MUCH? CHILL. Y U SO MAD BRO?

[bahamabums]

@BAWK0 you are one dramatic sob.

[RereAndRerun]

@BAWK0 wtf are you talking about? The capacity of his weight would have pushed down on the balloon, making it impossible to go in flight.

[dinosaurus1337]

Falcon was stupid for not realising his parents were setting up a hoax and his parents were stupid for abusing their child like that and naming him falcon.

[rhettrongun]

@BAWK0 I guess you're trying to be funny. Good for you & keep on truckin kiddo.

[sheshdd]

that flying thing is awesome,i don't care who or what is inside it haha

[bahamabums]

We all looked like idiots watching this and bracing ourselves for this kid to be inside. Salty salty salty.

[SofiaEscobedo]

you can see it clearly (the string) at 2:25 ish

[kinner50]

so you all do realize those strings are for holding it down on the ground right LoL

[JxT1957]

Jiffy Pop

[blah6755]

it looks like a silver pie...

[MrClingo23]

Alright guys, we know it's fake, you can stop now.

[GayBoysColor]

Fake

And

Gay

[Yoshimatey]

Conspirators!

[MrAmbidex1]

wow DUMBASSES!

[Demerjian1]

Misleading and bisexual

[teddybear97able]

FALSE AND HOMOSEXUAL.

[XMMxmmXM]

@teddybear97able WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY FAKE AND GAY?

[teddybear97able]

@XMMxmmXM : That's the joke smart one (:

[XMMxmmXM]

@teddybear97able I know, and I did get the joke.

[cuppholdeer]

Wow, people are stupid sometimes.....

[IcarusTrebonius]

October 15, 2009

The day America watched an empty balloon for an indefinite period of time.

[xxxMGMTxxx]

to the top comments maybe it was holding the balloon before it was flying you know to prevent it from flying just an idea

[starwolf5051]

only in the USAAAAAA!

[rAiiN100]

UFO ALIEN CO ZA ASY!!!

[ModernParacelsus]

If this had been a child of different ethnicity, they'd have shot the balloon down

[MichaelCox]

@ModernParacelsus

Ok, seriously, I'm starting to get sick of all this "everything is ethnicity" crap. That's a human child we're talking about, you'd have to be a sick f*ck to even think about shooting that balloon down, period.

[mt2oo8]

Fort Collins, Colorado

Thats where this happened

[starwolf5051]

@mt2oo8 were i live

[mt2oo8]

@starwolf5051 Yeah so do i :D

[daddyslittlegirllll]

i belive you river1tolast1save

[favorites411]

UFO!!!!

[RereAndRerun]

the kid's weight would have pushed down the balloon.

[ReneeNme]

@RereAndRerun You're right. Given the balloons dimensions it would have never lifted off with a six year old boy onboard ( unless he was anorexic ) . if the authorities were in contact with professionals once it made flight the authorities should have been told " Um, sorry guys. There's nobody in there ".

[tru7hs]

oh crap...here come the UFO siteings

[Satrynify]

I remembered watching this AS It was live and going

"wut"

"is this fake"

Few minutes later:

"So fake."

[daniyalisawesome]

Lol.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

truth about balloon boy is obama's lie disguise during post katrina town hall why do people hate you thing as dome my ass shaped. hello mister president, may i put aside our wide varying faults, and allow US to be human.

/watch?v=WFJ20eNspzo

In America, which when you were a kid in my mindset from your mindset in Indonesia..and the postage stamp .

[ace19901227]

I remember when this happened, I turned on my TV and there was a mid to far away shot of the balloon. My TV was on mute, and there was no banner at the bottom of the screen. I immediately thought that the news finally captured a legit, real deal, UFO flying in the sky. I was freaking out, going ecstatic, jumping with joy that UFO's were finally going to be proven real......then I found out it was just a crappy ballon with a supposed boy inside. Needless to say I was very disappointed : / lol

[Lvl11Scyther]

Lol...its helium...wudnt it eventualy destroy all of his brain cells

[ilovejbforever31]

Its real but the boy wasnt in there!

[klakaboomeloli]

So fake.

[retsnom92]

Actually 90% of America was like "wtf is this shit on the news? must be a slow day."

After the news was like "o shit we are sorry we are morons" America was like "ya we told ya so. Fucking morons"

[PKPingo]

lmao dumbass americans belive everything!

[Haloskulls117]

@PKPingo not really, the media made it sound like we belived that there was a boy in there. honestly, we all new that no one was in that thing

[Sento35]

No offense . . .

But Americans are dumb enough to think of a plan like this would work

And American are dumb enough to believe that there would be a child in it.

[dirtluver97]

rope :58 left of balloon

[13kidbb]

20 people were in that balloon.

[chopper257]

Thank God they found balloon boy, I was afraid that Michael Jackson was ordering take out from heaven.

[MRSmommymoto]

The Family was hiding him in a chest in a attic...

[sinexag]

Play this video full screen on mute with michael jackson 'You are not alone' playing in the background for the ultimate experience.

[XxRoycexX]

Even the news was behind it. It was a test to see how gullible people are.

[sampson0942]

Kids these days... LOL

[xBenjaxGuitar]

i wonder how many people called NASA and said that they´ve seen an UFO.. lol

[rivert1to1last1save]

OMG FROM 2:02 IF U CANT SEE THE STRING YOU NEED GLASSES FFS

[JonMC2008]

@rivert1to1last1save LOL did you listen to the ladie talking in the background.... it was tied to the house with a string,,,, he untied it, so it was probably hanging there..

[irapehard]

@rivert1to1last1save there is obviously a string but it isnt attached to anything.

[mrssehrgeil]

@rivert1to1last1save yes it has strings so that you can fasten it to the ground. If you see the other video with the landing, then there's a guy who is grapping the string to hold it down.

[dididude87]

@rivert1to1last1save U R RIGHT!!!

[LovelyJessica24]

@rivert1to1last1save I couldn't agree more! :) It's ridiculous how obvious the string is!

[OfcGrizzly]

@rivert1to1last1save well if you looked at the liftoff the string was for holding t down

[paintballmaster1000]

@rivert1to1last1save i think it is just the way the sun and the camera are angles because if u look closely there 1 on the other side

[SGGFriends4Ever]

@rivert1to1last1save whats FFS?

[ReneeNme]

@SGGFriends4Ever It's an abbreviation for " for f'n sake ".

[rivert1to1last1save]

@SGGFriends4Ever for fucks sake

[Neymgm]

@rivert1to1last1save the string is there because it was tied to something while on the ground.d

[steelytheman22]

@rivert1to1last1save the rope was attached to house by that rope

[musicfanforeva100]

@rivert1to1last1save your right i can soooo see it

[Phull55]

@rivert1to1last1save omfg i see it to!

[NJJDBstuntmen]

Publicity stunt

[cheekyjayci]

@4:52 you can see the strings holding up the hoax balloon. Stupid tards.

[rhettrongun]

@cheekyjayci What are they connected to, besides the underside of the balloon?

[cheekyjayci]

@rhettrongun ground...

[rhettrongun]

@cheekyjayci Wouldn't the news networks have to have been in on the hoax if that were the case though? I never heard anything about that part. I thought the hoax was just that some guy lied that his kid had crawled inside.

[cheekyjayci]

@rhettrongun No not necessarily, people will do anything for fame, and the kid was never inside the balloon. When the balloon hit the ground there was nothing in it except for air.

[rhettrongun]

@cheekyjayci Yep, which is why I said that part was the lie. I know that much. I was trying to figure out if you were suggesting that the balloon was never completely untethered. I think I just misunderstood what you were originally saying.

[swaggalouie123]

thumbs up if u would be scared to be in there while in the air

[ilovegymnastics436]

I remember going to a Halloween party and my friend was dressed up as this!

[Haughtvideos]

Are these people retarded??? You would need hundreds of times more helium to lift a 6 year old!!! Doesn't anyone watch Mythbusters anymore???!!!

[JaNnArAwLiNgS]

i see strings for sure

[Mehhk]

i see strings?

[Potatonaught]

only in america

[joecobra1234]

Balloon Boy is an asshole

[TheMikey5847]

he wasnt in it 

[666orangecat]

hes not in the balloon. hes had a box under it and flew in it but it fell but he was in his home the whole time. this is pure crap.

[Cokeman4eva]

@TrulyNerd thats how tall the aircraft is in shape, not above the ground dumbass.

[bloodysword100]

creative news network. lol

[Xtg7z]

UFO! O_o

[adripara]

what is the interesantn the problem is i am speak spanish and i dont understand to much english

[SuperioMan3432]

OMG A FLYING SAUCER! 

[TheConcertMac]

Why on earth would you have this on delay? We're not worried about showing gratuitous sex and violence in movie and TV shows, yet we're worried if a kid's body would crumble out of a poorly made aircraft?

It would shock some people into reality. I hate this 'safe' reporting; report the real fucking news.

[TECHBOY300]

2:30 looks like a string

[banannaboy100]

@TECHBOY300 i know!!

[master4anything]

wow the kid was actually in the attic

[afbocc]

Broncos fans are hoping that Richard Heene could make aother similar contraption so that it can send Josh McDaniels away.

[cappoleaf]

The guys story at the end of the video was far more spectacular than this crap! Where's all the coverage for that!

[JDCubed789]

What a bunch of dumbasses! Nice reporting CNN!!!

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[ItsTimothy]

what a terriable father. he lied just so he can get attention

[CabeBiken10]

Not that I'm saying it wasn't on the news.... I'm just saying I never saw it in 2009 :O

[CabeBiken10]

Why didn't I see this on the news lol?

[gamecatcher99]

FAIL!!!

[Eroc1998]

hes in a box

[MrBradybadass]

me my sister and brother know this kid his 2 brothers and his parents we actually helped build it

[EmptyHeadProductions]

if you look closely you can see a string at 2:25

[zachfaulks15]

@EmptyHeadProductions So little boy dos not chill with the alians

[rAiiN100]

@EmptyHeadProductions its a kite

[blahdob]

for good reason for good reason for good reason

[codykode]

 I accomplished my flight on Sept 5th, 2010 as well. You can see vids and more pics as well as how it was done at my website, aerialparade..com

Cody

[MrVideoman01]

If they got footage of him in the sky, WHY NOT SAVE HIM!?

[UpInSmokeeee]

How is it goin to fast must be really windy

[joshjcarlson]

PULL!

[Youzarzif]

fuck this video makes u dizzy..

[shelbydounedog]

She's not a very good news reporter.

[Robotdrummerzzk]

that's no balloon...it's a space station

[plople1]

@Robotdrummerzzk jhahahahahahahah