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.

A balloon artist who was once a NICU baby himself brings joy to families at TriStar Centennial Medical Center's NICU reunion in Nashville.

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 ...

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 ...

‘Balloon Boy’ Family Speaks Out As New Doc Revisits Infamous Controversy 16 Years Later (Exclusive) The bizarre incident from October 2009 is being told by the entire Heene family “for the ...

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, ...