'Balloon Boy' Family Denies Alleged Hoax That Made Them Infamous and Opens Up About Life on Florida Compound Little Falcon Heene didn't fly away in a homemade flying saucer 16 years ago.

For a few days in October 2009, 6-year-old Falcon was the focus of national attention after his family claimed he was adrift in a saucer-shaped helium balloon, as high as 1.3 miles above Colorado ...