The Balloon Boy became world famous in 2009 after his family said he was floating thousands of feet in the air in a homemade ...

At the age of 6, Falcon Heene became the center of National news. On October 15, 2009, the Heene family from Fort Collins, ...

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy' revisits the controversial saga of the Heene family, who became a media sensation when their ...

While authorities desperately searched for "Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene, his parents allegedly plotted the flight as a publicity stunt ...

Falcon Heene, the “Balloon Boy,” is now an adult working in Florida, and his parents have been pardoned for their crimes. On October 15, 2009, the American news media was glued to a story coming out ...

Richard Heene made headlines in 2009 when an eccentric backyard experiment put his and his family’s future in great turmoil.

The 2009 spectacle of a balloon drifting miles with—allegedly—a child on board captivated the nation then turned darker.

Little Falcon Heene didn't fly away in a homemade flying saucer 16 years ago. So what really happened? "The whole story was not told," his dad says now ...

Balloon Boy made its release on July 15, 2025, which explored the story of the Heene family, who were charged with the Balloon Boy Hoax incident.

Trainwreck’ filmmaker Gillian Pachter examines the possibility for Netflix, and in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter.

Released on Tuesday (July 15) was Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, which centres around a story that made global headlines in 2009.

One of the more infamous apparent hoaxes to ever come out of Colorado is the subject of a new documentary on Netflix that ...