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But What if “Balloon Boy” Wasn’t a Hoax?

'Trainwreck: Balloon Boy’ director Gillian Pachter discusses the possibility that the 2009 Balloon Boy incident was not a hoax with her Netflix doc.

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A saucer-shaped balloon rises up in the Colorado sky. Inside? Maybe a six-year-old boy. On October 15, 2009, an entire nation holds its breath in front of what seems to be a live tragedy. Nearly 90 minutes of pursuit, helicopters mobilized, national alerts: the "Balloon Boy" is everywhere. Except in the balloon. Netflix resurrects this absurd and disturbing story in the documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, a new part of his Chaos d'anthologie se…

What's behind the media hype surrounding "Balloon Boy" in 2009? Netflix is now releasing Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, the sixth installment in its brilliant documentary series Trainwreck, which retells the story of little Falcon Heene. The teaser already announces a tense story between media fascination and loss of […] This article "Trainwreck: Balloon Boy" is online on Netflix – and puts a crazy case back into orbit appeared first on Netflix News: …

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