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  • Fort Collins boy in loose aircraft (6 yr old boy found hiding at home not in balloon)

    10/15/2009 11:45:55 AM PDT · by Arec Barrwin · 1,767 replies · 105,796+ views
    Denver Post ^ | October 15, 2009 | Kieran Nicholson
    Rescuers are tracking and chasing a "homemade flying saucer" that is in flight with a 6-year-old, by himself, on board. The incident started this morning in Fort Collins when the boy got into the balloon-like device, which was built by an adult, and it came loose from a tether, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. The contraption could rise as high as 10,000 feet, the sheriff's office said. The home-made flying saucer was last seen in flight over Weld County. The sheriff's office is working the Federal Aviation Administration to determine how to best get the boy down. The...