A homemade flying saucer lifts off, and a 6-year-old boy might be inside. National panic ensues - but what truly happened?

It was like a Weekly World News cover come to life. On October 15, 2009, most of the major network and cable broadcasters interrupted their daytime programming to cover what appeared to be a ...

Now, users can create their very own "balloon boy" hoax by merging photos taken with the iPhone with a selection of silver balloon pictures, according to the company's press release. "People are ...

The images of that silver mylar balloon shooting ... of the Heene family and started to investigate the Saga of Balloon Boy as a hoax. Poor kid. Rich ratings. Live by live TV, metaphorically ...

(Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) “That moment that there was ... and TV as something that can tear people apart, but the "Balloon Boy" incident, at that moment when the balloon was in the ...

THE parents of the 2009 “balloon boy” hoax were pardoned on Wednesday ... where he was unharmedCredit: Getty Images - Getty The family had previously appeared on the hit show Wife Swap.

Famous for the Balloon Boy hoax in 2009, 9-year-old Falcon Heene is now fronting a band with his two brothers. HEENE BOYZ started in January 2011. The group’s website claims: “Falcon Heene was ...

Once the balloon gently touched down in a field with no sign of the boy, Richard Heene said he feared ... "What was really horrible is the images going through my mind, scenarios that could ...

Click More Pictures for gallery The sheriff ... which set aside other programming to follow the balloon and speculate on the safety of the boy. It was not clear why the boy's brother reported ...

On October 15, 2009, 6-year-old Falcon Heene, aka the Balloon Boy, became the source of a wild ... John Moore/Getty Images News/Getty Images Furthermore, a home video released the day after ...

Balloon Boy happened because CNN and its competitors ... when you outsource the contextualization of the images you broadcast. The media always has a choice of which stories to carry, how to ...