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The True Story Behind 'Trainwreck: Balloon Boy'
O n July 15, the Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy takes flight, chronicling the saga of the Heene family in ...
Netflix's Trainwreck explores 'Balloon Boy hoax': What happened to Falcon Heene?
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is available to stream on Netflix now. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also ...
Netflix adds new documentary about how a fake flying saucer emergency transfixed America
Netflix has added Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, a new documentary about how a flying saucer emergency gripped America. In October 2009, Colorado emergency services received a frantic 911 call from local ...
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A history of human attempts to build flying saucers
A flying saucer might sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but for decades humans have tried to build them. The ...
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He Was the Balloon Boy. Now Falcon Heene Is All Grown Up
Falcon Heene, the “Balloon Boy,” is now an adult working in Florida, and his parents have been pardoned for their crimes. On October 15, 2009, the American news media was glued to a story coming out ...
Remembering the Balloon Boy Hoax That “Riveted the Nation” and Ended in Controversy
In 2009, a Colorado family falsely claimed their young son floated away in a homemade balloon. The boy later deflated the ...