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Posted by Ozmozis on Oct-15-2009 18:50:

Boy Floating over Colorado LOL!

Awesome!!!

quote:

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A 6-year-old boy is floating over northeastern Colorado in a homebuilt balloon and authorities are racing to try and rescue him.
The balloon, in the shape of a flying saucer is covered in foil and filled with helium. It has a compartment for a passenger underneath. It lifted the boy into the air near Fort Collins Thursday morning after the balloon became untethered at the boy's home.
The father and son had apparently been working on the aircraft for some time.

Fort Collins police and other authorities have been alerted and Airtracker 7 has launched in an effort to locate the boy.
Airtracker 7 located the craft at 12:35 p.m. at about 8,000 feet in Weld County. It appeared to be slightly tilted.
Skies in the area are partly cloudy and southwest wind speeds are 15 to 20 miles per hour.
"It is believed the device could rise to 10,000 feet," said Eloise Campanella, Larimer County Sheriff's Officer spokeswoman.
Deputies from Larimer and Weld counties are tracking the balloon as it drifts.
FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said the agency has been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar.
The balloon may drift into air traffic control corridors used by Denver International Airport, based on its current location and direction.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...839/detail.html

Posted by Stilez on Oct-15-2009 18:54:

LOL... I'm looking at the live video from the chopper that's scanning the skies looking for him.

edit!! they just spotted it!!! lol. looks like a UFO.

Posted by Abercrombie on Oct-15-2009 18:55:

tons of employees here in the caf watching the plasmas

Posted by English Rachel on Oct-15-2009 18:56:

What The Fuck?

Posted by English Rachel on Oct-15-2009 18:56:

I can see him btw

Posted by FunkyCrew on Oct-15-2009 19:10:

Posted by Mr Moss on Oct-15-2009 19:12:

well this is something new

Posted by RobSt*r on Oct-15-2009 19:14:

Poor kid. He is either having the time of his life or massively shitting his pants right now.

Posted by Abercrombie on Oct-15-2009 19:16:

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Originally posted by RobSt*r
Poor kid. He is either having the time of his life or massively shitting his pants right now.

I think he's dying of hypothermia. It's bloody cold at 7000 feet. He's been up there way too long. It'll come down gradually as the sun sets, and by that time, it will be too late

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Oct-15-2009 19:18:

fuck it...I'm building a UFO when I get home tonight

Posted by Cro_Addict on Oct-15-2009 19:18:

They should fly a plane/chopper up there and then use a lasso to catch him and reel him in.

Posted by Stilez on Oct-15-2009 19:22:

experts are saying he might not be in there because of the way it's floating. the door seemed to be slightly open and it's possible he fell out when it first started to float away. They're sending in a blackhawk or a light flying aircraft to see if they can get it down.

Posted by English Rachel on Oct-15-2009 19:34:

I hope he is ok.... wherever he is

Posted by Abercrombie on Oct-15-2009 19:34:

watch it live here, if you're also stuck in an office: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/vid...5848/index.html

It does look like it's starting to collapse.

He's been up there so long at near-0 teamperatures... it's not looking good

Posted by Abercrombie on Oct-15-2009 19:36:

it just landed

Posted by Cro_Addict on Oct-15-2009 19:40:

landed but no boy in there.

Hopefully he was not in it to begin with. It would be pretty tragic if he fell out

Posted by Stilez on Oct-15-2009 19:47:

experts say it can rise up to 500-1000ft in 1-2minutes. Hopefully he fell out way before it took off. Otherwise this can be a bad ending.

Posted by Abercrombie on Oct-15-2009 19:47:

Hide and go seek champion of the world 2009

Posted by Jayx1 on Oct-15-2009 20:20:

Apparently Mcguinty is going to announce a ban on UFO balloons and a new tax on helium...

Stay tuned for more LOL

Posted by Stilez on Oct-15-2009 20:28:

Posted by Endlesswave on Oct-15-2009 20:30:

LOL wtf.
I hope the little guy is ok but WHERE THE HELL WAS THE FATHER in all of this?? "Became untethered" my ass.

Posted by VDub on Oct-15-2009 20:50:

There saying this kid is no where to be found...

Hopefully he's just hiding so he doesn't get in trouble...

Posted by jchung52 on Oct-15-2009 22:09:

HE'S ALIVE!!!

Posted by Stilez on Oct-15-2009 22:20:

He was found hiding in the attic.
Guess he'll be 'grounded' for a while.

Posted by Abercrombie on Oct-15-2009 22:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Abercrombie
Hide and go seek champion of the world 2009

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