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 ...

Experts say thrusting kids into the spotlight can cause damage. Oct. 20, 2009 — -- From the Dionne quintuplets in the 1930s to Balloon Boy Falcon Heene, children have been paraded in front of ...

The frantic search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene, dubbed Balloon Boy, flooded the news in October 2009 after his parents reported that he was alone in a homemade, helium-powered balloon flying over ...

"It was all bulls---," says Richard Heene now. For almost 90 minutes on October 15, 2009, the nation watched as a silver weather balloon twisted and turned through the sky over Fort Collins, Colorado ...

For a few days in October 2009, 6-year-old Falcon was the focus of national attention after his family claimed he was adrift in a saucer-shaped helium balloon, as high as 1.3 miles above Colorado Soon ...

Remember Falcon Heene? You remember Falcon Heene. He was the first child rapper to travel into space the attic. You might also remember his father, Richard Heene? Creator of Pscience Detecives? Helloo ...

The 6-year-old boy who had the nation worried sick suddenly became sick on nationwide television. And now everyone's wondering if his family's full of hot air. Less than 24 hours after little Falcon ...

Is there something familiar about Falcon Heene, the 6-year-old kid who captured the nation's attention when he was reportedly trapped in an experimental balloon designed by his parents -- but actually ...

We'll be talking for a long time about the saga of the balloon boy, Falcon Heene, and what TV news channels should have done differently in the non-stop coverage of a story that turned out to be bogus ...

The 6-year-old boy who had the nation worried sick suddenly became sick on nationwide television. And now everyone's wondering if his family's full of hot air. Less than 24 hours after little Falcon ...