6-yr-old Boy Floats Away in Helium Balloon
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Uploaded by MusicTechnologyJules on Oct 15, 2009
6-yr-old Boy Floats Away in Helium Balloon - Oct. 15, 2009 -
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Oct. 14) -- A 6-year-old boy climbed into a homemade balloon aircraft before it floated away Thursday, forcing officials to scramble to rescue the boy.
The balloon finally landed in a field but the boy was not inside, CNN reported. Officials feared that the boy may have fallen out as it went airborne.
The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside. The balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times.
Cathy Davis of the Larimer County Sheriff's Department told CNN the balloon was owned by the boy's parents.
"We'll just have to respond the best we can," Davis said. "This is a first and we'll do what we need to do."
The Colorado Army National Guard was preparing to launch an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter to help in the response effort, said Capt. Michael Odgers. It wasn't immediately clear what role the helicopter would play.
FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the agency has been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar.
Larimer County sheriff's spokeswoman Eloise Campanella said the device had the potential to rise to 10,000 feet. Sheriff's officials last saw the device floating south of Milliken, which is about 40 miles north of Denver.
"We were sitting eating, out looking where they normally shoot off hot air balloons. My husband said he saw something. It went over our rooftop. Then we saw the big round balloonish thing, it was spinning," said neighbor Lisa Eklund.
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it was faaaake~~~~
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Does anyone else think it looks like a mushroom?
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@andron333 ROFL
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Why would they watch as their son flys away in a balloon on accident then just grab the video camra to record this?
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im wondering how he looks like?
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Why don't they call him attic boy?
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now engineers have the idea of creating a UFO!!!
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actually he was in the attic xD
2 years ago 4
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Crappy UFO.
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andron333 2 years ago 16
OMG ALIENS :DDD LOL
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