BREAKING NEWS: Where the hell is this kid?

15/10/2009

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Maybe he was abducted by aliens mid-flight? No one really knows, but what we do know – is that this story is WASTING precious air time eating away at news channels across the country. Live coverage from CNN, NBC, MSNBC, HLN, and FOX. If you haven’t heard what I’m talking about, well here it is..

A balloon that was set adrift by a 6-year-old boy from his parents’ Colorado home was found empty, CNN affiliate KMGH said, citing a police report. The balloon landed south of Prospect Springs, near Colorado Springs. The boy was not inside the helium aircraft when it landed, KMGH reported. A sibling saw the boy get into the craft Thursday morning. Officials were concerned that the boy may have fallen out of it, an undersheriff said. Margie Martinez of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office said a sibling saw Falcon Heene climb into the basket before the balloon took off from his parents’ home. Because the door on the balloon was unlocked, it’s possible the boy had fallen out, Martinez said. The balloon appeared to be a saucer-shaped, Mylar-coated helium balloon, similar to a party balloon.

Well, that’s all well and great but this kid might just be hiding under his bed while this balloon was flying around Colorado being filmed by 1,000’s of news stations. Of course, we all hope the best for the kid, and that he wasn’t on board the balloon and fell out mid-flight.

UPDATE: Balloon Boy Found!

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FROM POLL POST: Now’s your chance to make your point known – is the whole Balloon Boy thing a hoax? Did the Heene family set themselves up for some publicity? Or did they really believe their 6 year old son Falcon was inside of the weather balloon that was soaring 10,000 feet above Colorado yesterday? To vote, see the TalkTuna sidebar to the right of this post!

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There are 7 comments in this article:

  1. 15/10/2009Pete say:

    Balloon is 56,000 cu Liters of helium when COMPLETELY FULL and perfectly cylindrical.

    As the balloon was at best half that volume and assuming it requires 450cu Litres of helium to lift 1 pound of weight…. the balloon could AT MOST IN A PERFECTLY CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION would be able to suspend 124lbs off the ground.

    At best, the balloon could suspend 70lbs (The balloon itself might weigh 30 lbs –mylar, box, etc.) So a 50lb boy would have pinned it to the ground.

    Apparently there are no 9th grade physics students about.

  2. 15/10/2009Dude say:

    What I don't get is that if there was a basket or a box attached to the bottom then right after the story first aired the family while watching on live TV would not notice the compartment missing and tell the authorities to forget about the balloon because it is missing from the bottom. That would have given them 2 hours of a head start searching.

  3. 15/10/2009jones say:

    Dont let this stupid stories cloud your soul or your day. How many people died of bird flue? How many die every year from the common flu? Why the hype over the h1n1 virus?
    What are they trying to sell to us? How many kids are dying in hospitals at this very moment? Who is paying attention to them? Is it a way to call our atention to something so stupid that at the same time something else maybe happening in the background? Who benefits from this useless vaccines? Where does the money to pay for this flu vaccines come from? YOU the tax payer……Let's wake up?

  4. 15/10/2009larry say:

    the family was onthe TV SHOW, "WIFE SWAP".

  5. 15/10/2009larry say:

    WIFE SWAP seaon 5 episode 16 HeeneSilver

  6. 15/10/2009gggg say:

    shut up this isnt wasting air time. theres a freaking 24 hour news cycle its all about kate and 8 otherwise

  7. 15/10/2009m4tuna say:

    i might have to agree with you on that one…lol

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