Balloon Boy’s Father Speaks

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Posted October 17, 2009 6:49 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A boy thought to be floating high above Colorado in a homemade balloon was found safe and sound in his family’s garage on Thursday. Richard Heene says it wasn’t a hoax.

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