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The Falcon and the Showman: The Epic Journey of Balloon Boy

Ridiculous Crime

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Haney Family Awareness

Gawker.com connected with Robert Thomas, a student in Colorado who claimed he not only worked with Richard on the balloon hoax, but was now making a public offer to sell his story. Thomas claimed that he and Haney had a verbal agreement that if and when the reality show was accepted by ABC, Thomas would be one of his lead research assistants. Here's Haney's concept. Can we attract UFOs with a homemade flying saucer? We will modify a weather balloon so that it resembles a UFO and will electrically charge the skin of the craft by field brown effect. We will capture the footage on film and will utilize the media as a means with which to make our presence known

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