The Balloon Boy Hoax of 2009

I was only 8 when this story went viral. I don't really remember watching this but I did see this on Inside Edition as the 10th anniversary approached.

🤣🤣🤣🤣UFO

I heard the child farts in the awkward silence that follows when the kid lets loose that they did this for the show, and I'm here to see that, but I can't find it :(

Bashing the ballon with a shovel instead of scissors seems like a good idea.

“Absolutely true”- Dumb Bitch

Lmao throwing ropes over it and throwing dirt on it and hitting it with shovels so it would fly away. I wish some guy just walked up to it and put his foot on it

"Experimental Aircraft." Balloon. "Travelling at wicked speed." Helicopter parallax. lol.

Waiting for the kid to fall out.

wow

"Absolutely True" LMFAO

A friend from CO was in Spain and it was on TV, he couldn't read what was happening he just saw "colorado" and called me like....are aliens invading? What is happening!!?? Lol

Airships?

I remember seeing Seven's "Sunrise" program in Australia covering this incident live. I couldn't believe this was actually happening at the time, until I later found out it was a hoax.

Look at the media…. Doing their job!

It's still real to me damn it

Any idiot would ask how in the hell could he be in there....where....? He has to have air......it's a balloon with no basket.... no way.....I thought then that the parents THOIUGHT he had held on ...but I figured he'd already fell....somewhere........ Otherwise it doesn't add up looking at the balloon.....he would have a high pitched voice for awhile ....😄 I love how he calls it "experimental" ....😂....it's a home made balloon!...it is a waste of resources when people need them for real emergencies though. All on tax money!

WOW dow jones at 10000 points

*sh-boom begins playing*

Ok so this is all fake and there’s no kid inside the ballon
What a lie
But I like when the ballon flys far away

Balloon boy is back the skies, but he's now balloon man.

Balloon Boy: The Movie. You WILL believe a boy can fly.

The bottom is made out of cardboard 🤣🤣🤣 I think about this every so often. I remember it being all over the news and people talking about it and calling each other the whole time it was happening lmao

NOPE.

Haha. I remember seeing this live. I was so mad when I found out it was a lie

The news ticker at the bottom is so interesting to read, it's history preserved

"Absolutely true" media still reports stuff they know may not be true.

I feel like Jordan Peele got the design of the alien on NOPE from this.

Damn look at that Nasdaq price 😂

Yo this came out before the awakening. What if this was actually an alien craft and the U.S. Government used the the media, similar to COVID use, and "brainwashed" people into thinking it was a " boy in a balloon"("Putin Price Hike", "Flatten The Curve", " Stop The Spread", "Weapons of Mass Destruction", ect.)?

The fact that the reporter has no concern in her voice at all..... She sounds excited as if she wishes she was in the Balloon.... It's moving at wicked speed....It's an exciting story it's an extraordinary story.....🤦🏾‍♀️ Had there been a real little boy there, how about it's a TERRIFYING STORY, it's a HORRIFIC STORY, this is LIFE or DEATH...STORY....Smh.....Lady.... REALLY 🤷🏾‍♀️

Media will fall for anything for clicks.

how far did the balloon travel ?

It's impressive that this insane father got his scheme to work long enough that it actually made the national news.

it looks like its going so much faster than 15 mph

Who’s here because of the Chinese balloon?

"THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE" gets me every time

Cum fart poop 4chan reddit n word

there is no body in it.. it is not big enough to support weight

All those 🎈 They All Float Down 🤡
Now a day's, F -16s take them DOWN 😆
What'sa Clown with a Crown 👑 ? Virus?
More people Drown .
Dosn"t that make you Frown 🙁 ?
Time to get out of Town.

This is the guy from wife swap

“It’s hard to believe but it’s absolutely true” aged like milk

I’m sorry, but “a horrific version of the movie Up” is hilarious

Heh, dow Jones was just over 10k based on ticker...14 years ago and now it's in the 30s

The jokes on the media....

Anyone remember how Poptropica parodied this? That blew my mind as a kid that a game satirized how it was this huge TV event in Reality TV Island.

Lol ‘we don’t know if there’s oxygen on board’ 😅😅😅😅😅😅

Holy Crap Even The Day I Born Happened This Day