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244: Panicked Mom Calls 911 Claiming Her Son Is Airborne In A Homemade UFO: The Infamous Balloon Boy Hoax

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The Explosion of an Experimental Aircraft in Colorado

A six-year-old boy accidentally launches an experimental balloon from his parents' home in Colorado. The family is on the ground waiting for help, but a helicopter has already arrived to take pictures of the incident. "There's no way somebody on the inside of this balloon is surviving a million volts hitting the outside of this thing," says KUSA Anchor and Correspondent John Sutter.

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