DENVER — As it turned out, the Falcon had only flown up to the attic. A 6-year-old Colorado boy who was thought to have flown off in a homemade helium balloon was found safe Thursday in his ...

Authorities said the silver balloon, 20-feet long and 5-feet high, at times reached 7,000 feet above the ground while adrift. It was found more than 90 minutes later in a field near Colorado Springs.

A six-year-old boy has been found hiding in a cardboard box in his family's garage attic, after fears he was aboard a homemade helium balloon that hurtled 80km through the sky on live television.

The six-year-old American boy who was feared dead after apparently floating away in a homemade UFO-shaped balloon has been found safe, hiding in a box in an attic at his family's Colorado home.

But in the meantime, Falcon had left the balloon. "I was in the attic and he scared me because he yelled at me," Falcon said. "That's why I went in the attic." Asked what he thought when the balloon ...

Fire Chief Terrence Baudin explains how fire moves through balloon framed houses. Kevin O'Connor finds Richard Trethewey in the attic. Richard explains the use of the mini duct system to save the ...

Despite nationwide fears that he was trapped in a balloon soaring over Colorado Thursday afternoon, little Falcon Heene was actually playing with toys and napping in his attic. And his father says ...

After scouring northern Colorado by foot and air, frantically chasing a Mylar balloon for miles and repeatedly interviewing his big brother, authorities ended the search for 6-year-old Falcon ...