The Balloon Boy Hoax captivated the nation in October 2009, when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed their 6-year-old son, Falcon, was trapped in a homemade helium balloon shaped like a silver flying ...

Falcon Heene became the biggest news story in the country in October 2009 when he was reported to be floating over Colorado in a homemade balloon — then his family's story really blew up Jessica Sager ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS/AP) Despite maintaining his innocence, "Balloon Boy's" father, Richard Heene, will put his reality show dreams on hold for the next three months as he begins a 90-day jail ...

When filmmaker Gillian Pachter watched the 2009 “Balloon Boy” saga unfold live, she told The Hollywood Reporter, “I couldn’t take my eyes away.” “I was scared, I but I was also very aware of how, like ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Ten years ago, the world watched as a homemade balloon soared across the Colorado skies. And inside was a 6-year-old boy, probably terrified and possibly injured. Or so everybody ...

Now that the balloon boy is yesterday’s news, the saga having apparently run its course and the wheels of justice about to slowly grind the Heenes into dust, it may be time to step back and appreciate ...

A couple who frantically told an emergency dispatcher their 6-year-old son had floated off in an inflatable balloon remains in the spotlight, for a series of bizarre TV interviews about the escapade, ...

A 6-year-old boy was found hiding at home Thursday, hours after the runaway flight of his family's experimental balloon riveted the nation and led to a frantic search by authorities who feared the ...