In the Balloon Boy story, the saucer may have come crashing back to Earth, but the truth remains up in the air. Read More Weird News: A version of this story ran in 2019; it has been updated for 2025.

It's been 16 years since a Fort Collins, Colorado, man pranked the nation after claiming his son was trapped in a giant, flying-saucer shaped balloon. That balloon turned out to be empty once it ...

"I think it's crazy how I was 6 years old and I was able to affect the whole state of the country," Falcon Heene, now 21, says in the trailer for Netflix's upcoming Trainwreck: Balloon Boy ...

The family behind the "balloon boy" controversy is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary, and PEOPLE has an exclusive trailer.

The Heene family, who was at the center of the "balloon boy" controversy in 2009, is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy PEOPLE has an exclusive look at a new ...

NEED TO KNOW. The Heene family, who was at the center of the "balloon boy" controversy in 2009, is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy. PEOPLE has an exclusive look ...

Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Gillian Pachter's doc Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, from YouTube: On October 15, 2009, a father in Fort Collins, CO calls 911, ...

Brace yourself for the return of the infamous 2009 “Balloon Boy” incident in Trainwreck: Balloon Boy. This jaw-dropping Netflix documentary takes you back to the chaos, controversy, and ...

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy - Trailer. Posted: June 18, 2025 | Last updated: June 18, 2025. A homemade flying saucer lifts off, and a 6-year-old boy might be inside.

BACK in 2009, Richard and Mayumi Heene were the masterminds behind a devious deception involving their son Falcon. They told authorities that the six-year-old floated away in a silver helium balloo… ...