Guy Claims He Helped Plan Balloon Boy Hoax

1. When will the police be arresting these morons.

Posted at 7:44PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Jennifer

2. and then..

Posted at 7:46PM on Oct 17th 2009 by nicole leollee

3. The craft had two tethers connected to it from what I see on the home video. The question I would pose to the family would be, How often do they conduct tests on the float or inflate the craft to float? From what i believe, it doesn't seem to be very often as they had their child videotaping it. So if the craft is not used very often, why would the father not check the tethers? Why would he put it in the hands of his wife? When you inflate anything with helium, you always check to see that it's tied down. Neither tether was tied down.

As a matter of fact, looking at the video now, it does hold it's altitude (about 10-15 feet high) for a few seconds before the left side gives and then the whole craft lifts up... I get the feeling the father/wife and/or children had their feet on the tethers, one tether was let go, and then the other, by lifting their foot off of it.

Posted at 7:48PM on Oct 17th 2009 by A. Xochihua

4. Let's give this man a Nobel Peace Prize!

Posted at 7:48PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Eric

5. balls

Posted at 7:51PM on Oct 17th 2009 by balls

6. It's like the wife didn't have a say in all of this. Even if she objected, he would have over-ruled.

Posted at 7:51PM on Oct 17th 2009 by WOW!

7. I would like to say that I am alarmed at the accusations I am recieving. Although I do not have cable, I have internet and I came across TMZ.com and want to clear up a lot of things.

- This was no hoax. Falcon WAS near the balloon when it came lose and we could not find him. Why would we do a hoax involving our kid?

- This man worked for me once and threatened to extort me. He will be releasing documents probably that include a blue print of the balloon and my hand writing talking about the plan.

- I will answer more questions after.

- The show Falcon was talking about was something different. Let me explain. While we were desining the balloon, we told Falcon "someday we would have our own show designing things and he'd have to hide in the attic above the garage because everyone would want his autograph"

There everyone satisfied?

Anymore questions, ask my representative who I will introduce shortly.

Yours truly,
Richard Heene

Posted at 7:51PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Richard Heene

8. sooo..whats goin on with the box.

Posted at 7:51PM on Oct 17th 2009 by nicole leollee

9. Posted at 7:51PM on Oct 17th 2009 by FORTUNE KOOKY

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LOL!

Posted at 7:54PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Deb

10. ok well where is the info.the guy was payed 4 what.

Posted at 7:56PM on Oct 17th 2009 by lisa

11. there you have it, the
SHERIFF must be looked into, i bet he was paid off too ,
get internal affairs on the case PRONTO .
no one should be paid for this
and it is not even close to a ROSWELL incident, what an egotistical arrogant schmuck to think that .

Posted at 7:58PM on Oct 17th 2009 by sherriff must of been paid off too ?

12. This is Richard. I may not have cable but I do have the internet and I must say I am alarmed at some of the things coming out. Any other inquiries are to be made to my spokesman who I will introduce tomorrow.

I came across this site and this is unreal.

- First of all, this was not a hoax. Falcon WAS missing when the balloon lifted off. Why would we make a hoax with out kid?

- When Falcon was talking about the show, this is what happened: Earlier in the day when we were working on this craft, I told Falcon that someday we would be famous and have our own show and when that happened, he would have to hide in the attic to escape his fans. Are we clear?

- This guy claiming to have worked for me was a fraud. Yes, he will show you my handwriting where I allegedly talk about a plan but it was all a joke at the time.

- Any other questions regarding this incident will be forwarded to my spokesman who I will introduce tomorrow. I will answer more questions tonight.

and please don't come within 200 meters of my house. Read the note.

Yours truly,
Richard Heene

Posted at 8:01PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Richard Heene

13. The sheriff's dept. should look at the entire video of the launch - not just the 39 seconds that Richard Heene released to the media.

Posted at 7:58PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Hoax

14. The Heene family reality show ‘Flying High’ airs live Friday, January 15th, 2010 on E!
On the first and final episode Falcon finds himself in trouble when he pries open a crate labeled ‘FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, NEVER OPEN THIS’:

“I only opened it cause my dad asked me to find some missing paperwork for our new show, and I remember my parents hiding some in our basement, here are some folders I found:

Folder #1: “How I raped the IRS for 30 glorious years, candid confessions and taunts, by Richard Henne”

Folder #2: “ Mayumi Heene, my creepy & glaringly illegal porn stash, the definitive collection.”

Folder #3: “This family’s infallible plan to exploit Falcon for quick cash by faking a ufo abduction.”

Posted at 7:58PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Always think it’s odd when I see a man over twenty-five riding a BMX bicycle.

15. No quite a smoking gun but they should be charged with releasing that balloon.

Posted at 7:58PM on Oct 17th 2009 by Hoax