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

"Balloon boy" Falcon Heene was the focus of national attention in October 2009, after his family claimed he was adrift in a ...

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

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 ...

Netflix’s latest Trainwreck docuseries revisits the infamous 2009 “Balloon Boy” hoax, revealing how a family’s stunt became a global media frenzy.

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is a Netflix documentary film that released on July 15, 2025. The documentary explores the Balloon Boy Hoax, which occurred on October 15, 2009, and gained national attention.

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is available to stream on Netflix now. Sign up for Netflix from £5.99 a month. Netflix is also ...

One of the more infamous apparent hoaxes to ever come out of Colorado is the subject of a new documentary on Netflix that ...

At the age of 6, Falcon Heene became the center of National news. On October 15, 2009, the Heene family from Fort Collins, ...

Falcon Heene, the “Balloon Boy,” is now an adult working in Florida, and his parents have been pardoned for their crimes. On October 15, 2009, the American news media was glued to a story coming out ...

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