6 year old is in homemade ufo 8,000 ft up - holy shit

[Colon]

Live feed. Hope that kid doesn't die.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/18205848/index.html

[Colon]

Fuck, they think he may be unconscious due to the altitude....:(

[BART]

what

the

fuck?

[BART]

that thing is hauling

[Jordann]

wtff....i feel like and asshole watching buts it looks wild.

[RUM_RUNNER]

Im scared for that kid and his family. I doubt he'll make it. He is probably laying in his own vomit, freezing to death if he hasnt already done so :(

[a_pla5tic_bag]

All hope towards the kid, but how the hell does that happen? Why was there an experimental aircraft at someones house, moreover, how was a six year old able to not only gain access, but launch it successfully?

[The Dtrick]

parents probs sent him up on time out.

edit, on a serious note i really hope the kid gets out safe, maybe they could send a sky diver?

[CustomKO]

EDIT no just a mile and a half

[Colon]

CNN's feed has commentary. I don't think the kid's gonna make it. They say the basket is so thin it won't take any impact well.

[Jim Gordon]

All hope towards the kid, but how the hell does that happen? Why was there an experimental aircraft at someones house, moreover, how was a six year old able to not only gain access, but launch it successfully?

I heard it was homemade.

[Jim Gordon]

The thing is deflating. Hope it comes down slow enough.

[The Dtrick]

i would hate to be the kid, i would hate even more to be the parents right now

[VISITOR]

Amazing- what a crazy situation

[a_pla5tic_bag]

Yeah they said it was homemade, but what, are the parents like aliens or something making UFO shaped balloons? Or do they work for NASA or the airforce or something, or was this just some crazy side project?

Yeah I saw it was deflating, but they said it could take awhile, but when it runs out of helium (or at least i able to be influenced by gravity) he's gonna have a hard fall toward the ground.

[Aaron Peluso]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21306839/detail.html (http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21306839/detail.html)

[CustomKO]

shit the balloon might fly over me

[Colon]

A real repost. http://forums.clubsi.com/images/graemlins/default/finger2.gif

[Aaron Peluso]

nevermind, its on al jazeera, must be real

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/2009101519836427346.html (http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/2009101519836427346.html)

[Aaron Peluso]

not if i delete the other post colon

[Jim Gordon]

Yeah they said it was homemade, but what, are the parents like aliens or something making UFO shaped balloons? Or do they work for NASA or the airforce or something, or was this just some crazy side project?

Yeah I saw it was deflating, but they said it could take awhile, but when it runs out of helium (or at least i able to be influenced by gravity) he's gonna have a hard fall toward the ground.

Yeah to me it looks like a helium ballon, but the news says it's a hot air ballon.:confused:

[CustomKO]

no sign of FALCON

[Colon]

Nice landing but they haven't opened it yet.

[CustomKO]

10$ hes in the backyard

[Jim Gordon]

10$ hes in the backyard

I hope you're right, because now they are saying he may not be in it.

[Chrith]

he just wanted to get a little high

[Colon]

Hope he didn't fall out.

[Mapdash]

I missed it. So did he live?

[RUM_RUNNER]

He wasnt in the balloon

[a_pla5tic_bag]

Shit, not only was he not in the balloon, but people searched his house and he wasn't there either. If he fell out how could they miss that. I'm watching it right now, he may just be around the neighborhood with a friend or something and not know they think he's missing.

[BART]

holy shit, they just showed a pic of the family and i remember watching this family on a wife swap episode.

[RUM_RUNNER]

Is the crime scene tape necessary?

[Colon]

About half way through the flight the reporter said an under sheriff reported the kid may have fallen out. They wouldn't say that out of the blue, it's possible he fell out before the helo started filming.

[Aaron Peluso]

seems like obvious publicity stunt to me... wife swap family makes the big time?

[Colon]

Betcha those balloon sales go through the roof. Too bad you couldn't have had a big Exile sticker on it.

[Jim Gordon]

The balloon was made of mylar and had helium in it. It was 20' by 5'. Hope the kid didn't fall out.

[VISITOR]

Wife swap episode summary:

http://abc.go.com/shows/wife-swap/episode-guide/heenesilver/161743?page=2

http://abc.go.com/shows/wife-swap/episode-guide/heenemartel/132697

They are even standing in front of the balloon in the episode photo.

[BART]

climbing in balloon = not pussified

http://www.youtube.com/v/EBWJXXgaYBo&hl=en&fs=1&

[Noodles]

^^^ sick air guitar solo during a harmonica solo.

[BART]

1:03

wow

[Luff]

cnn saying no way balloon could have lifted him

[VISITOR]

cnn saying no way balloon could have lifted him

Then why broadcast the empty balloon live for 2 hours?

[Noodles]

Yeah, didnt anybody watch that Myth Busters episode?

[The Dtrick]

Then why broadcast the empty balloon live for 2 hours?

people watched it, and thats all they give a fuck about

[VISITOR]

Where is Falcon?

[Colon]

cnn saying no way balloon could have lifted himHow in the fuck would they know that?

[polska]

Get two helicopters to lay a large, weighted net over the balloon, causing it to descend gradually. They should be able to figure how much weight they need to add to bring the thing down in a controlled manner.

ahahaha really?

[Noodles]

How in the fuck would they know that?

Myth Busters tested out this same exact thing a long time ago. It took them an entire airplane hangar full of helium balloons to lift a small child.

[Chev]

[scarcasm?]Those are the little ones for kids party's...[/scarcasm?]

[fireball]

in the first video, did anyone catch the officer saying "its all up in the air right now" hahah

[Luff]

How in the fuck would they know that?

they got some hot air balloon expert on hahaha.

they just estimated the amount of helium based on the size of the balloon and used that to determine the total wait it could have lifted and they were saying there's no way a helium balloon that size could have traveled that high far and fast with a fifty pound kid in it.

buncha math shit

[polska]

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9254/79686277.jpg

[Chev]

So is his whereabouts still unknown?

[Colon]

Yeah well maybe it wasn't so high or fast when the little booger eater fell out. They didn't get the helo feed for an hour.

[SOUFLaskima]

So fucking weird...

I'm sitting in a waiting room at the hospital right now and I'm bored so I'm like I'll check the SOMBs on my phone, I open it up and decide to check out off topic because I never really do. As I'm checking the name of the threads Im reading this one and the tv in the waiting room is like " a six year old boy in a homemade UFO is hovering over Colorado Blah Blah Blah..."

it was weird

[Chev]

Why are you in the hospital?

["Skeet"]

oh gawd

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7268/picture1mv.png

[Thrillhouse]

Child Swap...coming to ABC Fall of 2010

[Colon]

Maybe this was just Micheal Jackson ordering takeout in Heaven.

[Thrillhouse]

wow

[Colon]

I only said that cause I now believe the kid's on the ground and ok.


edit: now CNN says this:


Deputy: Object seen falling from balloon
Authorities are searching for a box that was attached to the bottom of an experimental aircraft that took off from a Fort Collins home, CNN affiliate KUSA reported. Police said a sibling had reported seeing his 6-year-old brother inside, prompting a rescue operation watched live worldwide. developing story

[The Dtrick]

http://img395.imageshack.us/img395/9254/79686277.jpg

winner

[Icej]

The kid's name is Falcon?

[Colon]

Not good. So much for your mythbusters bullshit.

And no making fun of the town name.


Authorities are searching for a box that was attached to the bottom of an experimental aircraft that took off from a Fort Collins home, CNN affiliate KUSA reported. A Weld County sheriff's deputy says he saw an object fall off the balloon somewhere over Platteville, which is in the search area. developing story

[CustomKO]

those parents deserve to be put in fucking jail, they are going to live with that for the rest of their fucking lives, put those other kids in foster care those parents endangered them beyond fucking belief, when is it a good idea to let your kid hover in an hot air balloon that is supposed to reach space, they are going to live with that for the rest of their lives because of their sheer stupidity.

you guys will probably see the photo with the box freefalling in a minute btw

[Colon]

THEY FOUND THE LITTLE FUCKER IN THEIR BACKYARD!

You are soooo grounded!

[Chev]

There is a world of face palm noises happening, parents are absolutely ridiculous. It says the dad and son were working on it together, but still, it's a six year old boy...

[Chev]

Edit: Fuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Colon]

He was hiding in the attic, lol.

[CustomKO]

thats pretty damn close, pay up sukas

[(S3)]

This just in.............

6 yr old kid punks CNN

[VISITOR]

Publicity stunt-

[fireball]

shit I wanted Falcon to crash land it on the white house lawn

[VISITOR]

I was hoping he would float over Area51 and the blackhawk copter would shoot him down.

[Chev]

Is that in California?

[skimin!kid]

Just heard on the news the kid was found in a box in someones backyard. weird

[GnipGnop]

This just in.............

6 yr old kid punks CNN

Blast from the past.

[VISITOR]

Is that in California?

What?

[Noodles]

Not good. So much for your mythbusters bullshit.


I'm thinking of making a game that is a mat, and the mat has different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you can JUMP to.

[The Dtrick]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y123/Livetoskim13/cd.jpg
Captain Falcon?

[CustomKO]

i dibs being falcon for Halloween

[George Bush]

kid was hiding in a box in the attic above the garage. lol

[Aaron Peluso]

This just in. Sasquatch seen hoving in baloon over colorado... news conference at 5:00.

[GnipGnop]

http://lovedelicgames.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tumbleweed.jpg

[Fuji]

Are you guys serious? did you all reallly think it was possible for a ufo balloon THAT SMALL to actually lift 80 pounds worth of weight?

And he did end up being in his house...

http://www.fancast.com/blogs/tv-news/balloon-boy-family-appeared-on-wife-swap/?cmpid=FCST_tvnews

Im sorry guys but to me you have to be retarded to believe a kid could be somehow INSIDE the balloon filled with light helium and not hydrogen?

[George Bush]

Are you guys serious? did you all reallly think it was possible for a ufo balloon THAT SMALL to actually lift 80 pounds worth of weight?

And he did end up being in his house...

http://www.fancast.com/blogs/tv-news/balloon-boy-family-appeared-on-wife-swap/?cmpid=FCST_tvnews

Im sorry guys but to me you have to be retarded to believe a kid could be somehow INSIDE the balloon filled with light helium and not hydrogen?

it was 20 feet long and 5 feet tall, that is not "THAT SMALL"

[fireball]

Are you guys serious? did you all reallly think it was possible for a ufo balloon THAT SMALL to actually lift 80 pounds worth of weight?

And he did end up being in his house...

http://www.fancast.com/blogs/tv-news/balloon-boy-family-appeared-on-wife-swap/?cmpid=FCST_tvnews

Im sorry guys but to me you have to be retarded to believe a kid could be somehow INSIDE the balloon filled with light helium and not hydrogen?

maybe you should have called the fort collins pd and explained your point

[Kude]

Show me your moves

[vicskim76]

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s29/shortballerand1/Picture_15.png

[Jim Gordon]

it was 20 feet long and 5 feet tall, that is not "THAT SMALL"

And the kid was only 6 years old, and he was small and not very heavy too.

[CustomKO]

wow

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,567320,00.html

the kid squealed on the dad.. it was a fuck publicity stunt

[BART]

falcon accidentally spills the family secret. i hope they arrest these assholes.

http://www.youtube.com/v/wI6UONWCq7A&hl=en&fs=1&

[GnarKill1029]

on the real how could anyone believe he was actually inside of the balloon.

i lold pretty hard when they were bugging about it on tv.

[Jim Gordon]

falcon accidentally spills the family secret. i hope they arrest these assholes.

http://www.youtube.com/v/wI6UONWCq7A&hl=en&fs=1&

Yeah.....I saw that on tv too. I was thinking the kids father is so screwed.

[JayDee]

hahaha I cant even believe he tried to play it off, I love the high sigh right after he puts out the dumbest line ever.

America...

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/08/ashtonpunked-thumb.jpg

[Aaron Peluso]

seems like obvious publicity stunt to me... wife swap family makes the big time?

first.

p.s. buy a ford taurus

[vbskimva]

Falcon just wanted to be like his parents, and get on the air.
LOLOLOLOL

[VISITOR]

I wish the whole family just goes away- never to be seen on TV again.

[Thrillhouse]

This just in. Sasquatch seen hoving in baloon over colorado... news conference at 5:00.

Hoving?

http://www.thefader.com/ys_assets/0003/7191/rocdudes_main.jpg

;)

[matty kerns]

Are you guys serious? did you all reallly think it was possible for a ufo balloon THAT SMALL to actually lift 80 pounds worth of weight?

And he did end up being in his house...

http://www.fancast.com/blogs/tv-news/balloon-boy-family-appeared-on-wife-swap/?cmpid=FCST_tvnews

Im sorry guys but to me you have to be retarded to believe a kid could be somehow INSIDE the balloon filled with light helium and not hydrogen?

actualy the ballon had about 100 pounds of lift on it.kid weighed 80...

[Jim Gordon]

The farther just took his family on TV again and try to make his kid retell the story the right way.:rolleyes: Anyway when the kid was being drilled, he got so upset he had to go to the restroom to throw up. I still think this whole story was just to get his family on TV. What do you guys think?

[RexSkimmer]

4chan's at it again

http://imgur.com/mWIcP.jpg

http://imgur.com/ymrt0.jpg

[DjMattyD]

actualy the ballon had about 100 pounds of lift on it.kid weighed 80...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2004_season)#Carried_Away

[GnipGnop]

Haha thrill I thought the same thing when I read that.

[Aaron Peluso]

balloons have rubber that compresses the helium and keeps it at higher than atmospheric pressure inside, thereby creating less lift per baloon than the same volume in a loosely inflated (atmospheric pressure) baloon. Two totally different things. I havent done the caluclations but on the face of it it doesnt seem totally absurd.

The thing that should have been more immediately telling was the shape of the saucer while partially deflated. If there was an 80lb kid in the bottom, the thing probably would have stretched out and deformed to look much different.

somebody do the lift calculation to see what it could actually lift. Brad Evers, where you at?

[VISITOR]

How much does Falcon weigh?

[Chev]

Did you take engineering in University Aaron?

[Aaron Peluso]

80lbs I think.

p.s. WEEEEEEEE.....

http://www.clusterballoon.org/intro/intro_54.jpg

http://www.clusterballoon.org/intro/intro.html

[Aaron Peluso]

physics

[sandsurfngbomber]

falcon is getting his ass beat tonight.
and i lol'd pretty hard on that "UP" poster

[Chev]

Sure did aswell.

[Ryan Jones]

4chan's at it again

http://imgur.com/mWIcP.jpg

http://imgur.com/ymrt0.jpg

Haha.
Colon called this horribly btw.

[LAXitives288]

This just in.............

6 yr old kid punks CNN

You're back?!?!?

[Steve E]

he never left [my heart]

[Steve E]

haha that guy is fucked when he gets the bill for the massive search. fucking idiot.

[Fuji]

actualy the ballon had about 100 pounds of lift on it.kid weighed 80...

dude no way 5x20 could have 100 pounds worth of lift with only helium.

[Jim Gordon]

I just read that the kid only weighed 37 lbs, and even that was more than the balloon could lift.
Also I found this, it looks like the father is in deep shit now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_us/us_balloon_boy

[Chev]

Good, he is a massive dickhead.

[melogold]

HAHA, just caught up on this thread. Wow.....

[Colon]

Haha.
Colon called this horribly btw.

I did. In my defense I have a six year old kid at home so this story made me think with my heart instead of my head. I forgot what giant pieces of shit people are who will exploit their children to the point of making them physically ill on tv, not to mention all the money and resources wasted on this hoax. I heard the d-bag dad called a news station before he called 911, there's a tipoff huh?

Whoever called it first (Peluso?), not about whether the balloon had enough lift but rather that reality tv people should never be believed about anything, called it right.

[Mapdash]

This shit was even in the paper here. They mention Colon's name as a rumor spreader.

[Thrillhouse]

Yea, the reality show they are on now is called How to Lose Your Children

[Colon]

http://www.explosm.net/db/files/Comics/Dave/comicannefrankblah.png

[Aaron Peluso]

Whoever called it first (Peluso?), not about whether the balloon had enough lift but rather that reality tv people should never be believed about anything, called it right.

Whats with that question mark???


:)

[shin-n]

the bill is supposedly estimated at 2 million. both parents facing some charges and kids may go to foster care.

[Colon]

2 million? Are you serious. Those people are douches but that's a bit high, like 1.9 million high.

[Fuji]

for the people argueing against me, i was wrong, it ends up that baloon could hold 80 lbs worth of weight, which still seems ridiculous.

Anyways, i stand corrected.

[shin-n]

2 million? Are you serious. Those people are douches but that's a bit high, like 1.9 million high.

well FAA had to shut down airspace, helicopter(s), ambulances

my mom works insurance and told me a fun fact: someone on a commercial fishing boat gets injured and needs to get airlifted to a hospital- cost $500k (depending on location of course)

so im guessing all of that added up to 2 million

[VISITOR]

RadarOnline.com has learned that the final bill could easily hit six-figures as local police chiefs decide if the entire incident was a prank and if they should pursue charges against reality parents Richard Heene and Mayumi Heene.

Here is a breakdown of the costs:

$40,000 in additional costs for ambulances, fire and police, personnel in three separate counties during the four hour balloon chase and subsequent hunt for Falcon Heene.
$20,000 in helicopter costs for Colorado Army National Guard scrambling two helicopters to help.
$20,000 in media costs to cover the event with helicopters and crews scrambling across state to cover the event.
$5,000 in damaged wheat crops and insurance claims after the balloon landed on the Abbot Family’s farm.
$15,000 in miscellaneous costs with people taking time off work around world to watch the event or those who volunteered time to help search for Falcon Heene.

[GnipGnop]

Wouldn't the media costs be offset by the amount of people viewing the coverage (and the subsequent advertisements)?

[VISITOR]

The media cost is BS- I agree with the cost of rescue efforts and the crop damage- But who is going to give me back the
2 hours I wasted watching, waiting to see if they pulled a frozen Falcon from the wreckage?

[jake]

I just read that the kid only weighed 37 lbs, and even that was more than the balloon could lift.
Also I found this, it looks like the father is in deep shit now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_us/us_balloon_boy

haaahahahah that article called him a bitch

"

"This thing has become so convoluted," Heene said as tears welled in his eyes. He said his wife was holding together better than he was."

hahahahahahahahahaha

[jake]

RadarOnline.com has learned that the final bill could easily hit six-figures as local police chiefs decide if the entire incident was a prank and if they should pursue charges against reality parents Richard Heene and Mayumi Heene.

Here is a breakdown of the costs:

$40,000 in additional costs for ambulances, fire and police, personnel in three separate counties during the four hour balloon chase and subsequent hunt for Falcon Heene.
$20,000 in helicopter costs for Colorado Army National Guard scrambling two helicopters to help.
$20,000 in media costs to cover the event with helicopters and crews scrambling across state to cover the event.
$5,000 in damaged wheat crops and insurance claims after the balloon landed on the Abbot Family’s farm.
$15,000 in miscellaneous costs with people taking time off work around world to watch the event or those who volunteered time to help search for Falcon Heene.

they pulled those numbers right out of their ass

[Colon]

lol at media costs. They've been milking it for a week and making bank. Shit if that fool did get a show a ton of people would watch it just to see what a d-bag this guy is. He wanted fame and he got infamy.

37 lbs is pretty scrawny for a 6 year old too.

[Boardman29]

http://www.youtube.com/v/QdUH8AZ1-a8

[Ammy]

"I was pretty relieved when they found the balloon boy; for a moment, I thought Michael Jackson was ordering take out from heaven."