http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/15/colorado.boy.balloon/index.html
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Oct. 15, 2009 4:41 p.m. Karl La Follette Reader
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Oct. 15, 2009 4:44 p.m. Grtechguy UltraDork
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Oct. 15, 2009 8:26 p.m. TJ HalfDork
So, I guess the boy was hiding in the garage attic and Ken Block was driving the balloon?
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Oct. 15, 2009 9:05 p.m. Woody SuperDork
There's an important lesson to be learned here kids:
Don't berkeley with Daddy's stuff.
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Oct. 16, 2009 7:05 a.m. ManofFewWords Reader
There are some people suggesting that this is an elaborate hoax...
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Oct. 16, 2009 7:21 a.m. Grtechguy UltraDork
ManofFewWords wrote:
There are some people suggesting that this is an elaborate hoax...
Gee.....ya think?
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Oct. 16, 2009 7:54 a.m. John Brown MegaDork
Not very elaborate, but hoax in my book.
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Oct. 16, 2009 7:55 a.m. DrBoost HalfDork
Yeah, big far hoax. Did anyone see his interview with Wolf Blitzer last night? "We did it for the show? then his parents just stare, stunned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBgRYqqojk
Then the dad just wouldn't address the "we did it for the show" comment. Then after that, each time the boy is asked to clarify that, he "has to vomit"
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Oct. 16, 2009 10:38 a.m. RX Reven' Reader
The craft wasn’t very efficient from a material to buoyancy ratio perspective or a stability perspective or a fabrication / storage / launch logistics perspective. What it appeared to be optimized for was to look like a UFO which leads me to believe an alien encounter hoax was the original intention.
In terms of lifting a six year old boy…at sea level on a standard day, helium gives you 0.06 pounds of buoyancy per cubic foot of displacement; Colorado – October – 20’ diameter saucer shape…let’s say we’ve got about 65 pounds total to work with and the empty weight is probably around half that so you’d need to be an extraordinarily light six year old to get airborne. More than that, the craft was floating at a pronounced angle so the gondola was obviously empty.
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Oct. 16, 2009 10:48 a.m. bamalama Reader
DrBoost wrote:
Yeah, big far hoax. Did anyone see his interview with Wolf Blitzer last night? "We did it for the show? then his parents just stare, stunned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBgRYqqojk
Then the dad just wouldn't address the "we did it for the show" comment. Then after that, each time the boy is asked to clarify that, he "has to vomit"
Nice parents, teaching your kids to lie.Who farted during the interview? That's almost as priceless as getting busted by the little kid.
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Oct. 16, 2009 11:06 a.m. EastCoastMojo SuperDork
If this all turns out to be a Domino's viral ad I am going to be pissed.
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Oct. 16, 2009 12:27 p.m. Strizzo SuperDork
i think i have a solution for the next time something like this happens...
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Oct. 16, 2009 12:40 p.m. foxtrapper SuperDork
I dunno. Cops are pretty durn good at telling if people are lying, and they aren't calling it a hoax.
Having to deal with my boys ability to mangle instructions and misremember things, I would not be at all surprised to hear something like that come out of his mouth.
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Oct. 16, 2009 12:51 p.m. Carson Dork
foxtrapper wrote:
I dunno. Cops are pretty durn good at telling if people are lying, and they aren't calling it a hoax.
Maybe the cops are just embarrassed they went on a wild goose chase for 2 hours.
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Oct. 16, 2009 2:23 p.m. DrBoost HalfDork
Carson wrote:
foxtrapper wrote:
I dunno. Cops are pretty durn good at telling if people are lying, and they aren't calling it a hoax.
Maybe the cops are just embarrassed they went on a wild goose chase for 2 hours.
That's what I think. Plus, this family is a bunch of media whores (well, the parents anyway). They've been on Wife Swap twice, they have been involved in other questionable newsworth events in the past. This was just an attempt at getting 15 more minutes of fame.
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Oct. 16, 2009 3:31 p.m. kpm New Reader
foxtrapper wrote:
I dunno. Cops are pretty durn good at telling if people are lying, and they aren't calling it a hoax.
But not so good at searching the house...
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Oct. 17, 2009 1:00 p.m. mel_horn Dork
Dad was just on TV and asked the Assembled Media to put any questions in writing and drop them in a box. He'd collect them later.
Then he threw up in the box (j/k)...
New Title: Falcon and the Wolfman
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Oct. 17, 2009 4:40 p.m. jamscal HalfDork
http://www.zazzle.com/its_falcon_the_balloon_boy_tshirt-235976788089691691
T-shirts now available.
"Go Falcon, Go!"
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Oct. 17, 2009 5:00 p.m. Snowdoggie HalfDork
DrBoost wrote:
Yeah, big far hoax. Did anyone see his interview with Wolf Blitzer last night? "We did it for the show? then his parents just stare, stunned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBgRYqqojk
Then the dad just wouldn't address the "we did it for the show" comment. Then after that, each time the boy is asked to clarify that, he "has to vomit"
Nice parents, teaching your kids to lie.Should anybody really care? It's a kid and a stupid balloon and the press is all over this like he is a politician lying about his mistress or something. Do they want to hang the guy in public and sell it as a pay per view?
The news media is worthless.
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Oct. 17, 2009 7:09 p.m. DrBoost HalfDork
I just want to see this dude pay for the expense of the cops/cars, the helicopter and the whole freaking search.
By the way, they called a news station "to see if they can use their 'copter to see if he's in the basket." Uh, that would be the cops job, and yes that PD does have a chopper. Why would you call the TV news station? Do you really think the chopper can get close enough to that balloon to see into it without blowing it into the next state? -
Oct. 17, 2009 7:28 p.m. Snowdoggie HalfDork
Maybe they ought to make the guy pay for the police search. Maybe he is scum.
I guess I just get tired of all those Nancy Grace type 'news' programs where they spend hour after hour just nailing one slimeball to the wall after another while the audience cheers them on. Don't we have a war going on somewhere?
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Oct. 17, 2009 10:00 p.m. Carson Dork
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_in_balloon
Sheriff: Charges will be filed in balloon saga
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Oct. 18, 2009 7:29 a.m. DrBoost HalfDork
Sweeeeeeet!
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Oct. 18, 2009 7:40 a.m. milanoverde New Reader
In reply to Snowdoggie:
Snowdogggie said it all for me.
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Oct. 22, 2009 2:26 a.m. Wally UberDork
