Colorado sheriff sees no hoax in balloon incident (Reuters)

16. October 2009, 13:48 UhrWeird NewsYahoo! News: Oddly Enough - ReutersComments Off

Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden gives a thumbs up after hearing that six-year-old Falcon Heene was found safe in his house in Fort Collins, Colorado October 15, 2009. Falcon, who set off a massive search and rescue operation and media frenzy after it was reported he was inside a homemade helium balloon that broke loose and drifted for hours thousands of feet above Colorado has been found safe in his attic, police said on Thursday. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES SOCIETY)Reuters - A Colorado sheriff largely dismissed suggestions on Friday that a family of amateur scientists staged a hoax by reporting their 6-year-old son had floated away in a home-made helium balloon.