The 2009 spectacle of a balloon drifting miles with—allegedly—a child on board captivated the nation then turned darker.

The Balloon Boy became world famous in 2009 after his family said he was floating thousands of feet in the air in a homemade ...

Trainwreck’ filmmaker Gillian Pachter examines the possibility for Netflix, and in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter.

Balloon Boy is the latest episode in Netflix’s Trainwreck docuseries. Via brand-new interviews with the family who became a viral sensation over 15 years ago, director Gillian Pachter spends the first ...

Balloon Boy is sorta like Fyre Festival or Savior for Sale crossed with Bubble Boy. Sorta. Performance Worth Watching: There ...

In 2009, a Colorado family falsely claimed their young son floated away in a homemade balloon. The boy later deflated the ...

O n July 15, the Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy takes flight, chronicling the saga of the Heene family in ...

Little Falcon Heene didn't fly away in a homemade flying saucer 16 years ago. So what really happened? "The whole story was not told," his dad says now ...

Now, more than 15 years later, Netflix is revisiting the incident with Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, a new documentary directed by Gillian Pachter. The film features new interviews with Richard, Mayumi, ...

The family behind the "balloon boy" controversy is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary, and PEOPLE has an ...

Netflix’s “Trainwreck” anthology series will revive the story that took place on Oct. 15, 2009, as part of its survey of ...