Balloon Boy Throws Up on Today, GMA, as Dad Denies Hoax

Falcon Heene tells CNN 'we did this for the show'

(NEWSER) - An apparent "slip" by Falcon Heene has fueled frenzied internet speculation that yesterday's balloon hoohah was a publicity stunt orchestrated by his family. When his dad asked him during a CNN interview with the family why the 6-year-old didn't come out of the attic when people were calling his name, Falcon responded: "You guys said we did this for the show." His mother leaned over to look at him and said: "No." More»

6-year-old set off frantic search after hot-air balloon took off

(AP) - A 6-year-old Colorado boy thought to have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe at his home—hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic. Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during a news conference and gave a thumbs up. "He's at the house." Falcon Heene was apparently hiding there the entire time a frantic rescue effort unfolded on live TV. More»

Falcon Heene took off for the attic after dad yelled at him earlier

(NEWSER) - The Colorado 6-year-old we all thought we were watching in that balloon today was hiding in the family attic after his dad yelled at him for getting in a box of batteries. “He scared me, and he yelled at me,” Falcon Heene told a jammed news conference. “That’s why I went into the attic because I thought I would get in trouble.” More»

No sign of boy; adventurous family was on Wife Swap

(NEWSER) - A troubling twist in the search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene, thought to have floated away in his father's homemade balloon near Denver: He may have crawled into a box attached to the bottom of the balloon before it accidentally lifted off from his family's back yard. That box wasn't attached to the craft when it touched down about 3:30pm, raising fears that it fell off during the nearly 3-hour-long flight, reports the AP. More»

(AP) - A 6-year-old boy is missing after he supposedly floated away in his father's homemade balloon over the skies of Denver. The craft came down about 3:30pm, after two hours in the air, but the youngster wasn't inside. His fate remains unclear, and it's possible that he fell out during its flight or before it lifted off—or that he never got in the craft in the first place. Police are conducting a neighborhood search. More»