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It may be the least of his problems, but TMZ has learned the FAA is investigating whether Richard Heene released a tethered balloon without authorization, according to an FAA official.
In addition, the FAA is looking at whether Heene filed a false report with the agency.
Neither offense is criminal ... they're civil issues and the penalty is a fine.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Balloon Boy
The Heene family has released video of their flying saucer "accidentally" taking flight -- before they allegedly thought six-year-old was inside.
Papa Richard Heene can be seen releasing the balloon and then screaming at his wife for not holding onto the tether. One of their other sons is working the camera. Falcon is MIA, presumably already in a box in the attic.
So ... real deal, or Part 1 of an elaborate set-up?
Filed under: Balloon Boy
UPDATE: Police are reportedly looking for a box that was attached to the bottom of the balloon -- a box Falcon's brother says he saw him go into before it took off.
UPDATE: Police are currently conducting a ground search for the boy.
UPDATE: We just heard on a police scanner that the boy is not inside the balloon. The balloon was in the air for over two hours -- no one knows where the boy is. Cops say they checked the house, and an area where people reported seeing something fall out of the balloon ... nada.
UPDATE: The balloon landed around 40 miles from where it started. It landed well.
A 6-year-old boy somehow climbed inside a homemade, helium-powered aircraft in Ft. Collins, Colorado -- and now the craft is careening out of control with the boy stuck inside.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office says the 6-year-old boy's family was building an experimental aircraft which had a large helium balloon attached to it at their home on Fossil Ridge Road in Fort Collins, this according KDVR in Denver.
The family told officials the boy got onto the aircraft and was able to untie the rope that held the aircraft in place. The device -- which is 20 feet long -- has the potential to rise to 10,000 feet.
The Larimer County Emergency Manager says, "The structure at the bottom of the craft (where the boy is stuck) is made of extremely thin plywood and won't withstand any kind of crash at all."
Story developing...
Filed under: Balloon Boy
We just got video of the object that was spotted hovering over Arizona and New Mexico yesterday -- NASA says it's a giant research balloon, but locals aren't so sure.
Watch the clip from our friends at Ye Olde UFO Store -- and see if it changes your opinion.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird
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