Trainwreck: Balloon Boy (2025)
A homemade flying saucer lifts off, and a 6-year-old boy might be inside. National panic ensues — but what truly happened? This documentary investigates.
- Date of release
- 2025-07-14
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (56)
- Runtime
- 53m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Gillian Pachter
Interesting facts
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is a 2025 American documentary film directed by Gillian Pachter regarding the Balloon boy hoax. It premiered on Netflix on July 15, 2025, as part of the Trainwreck series.
Background
The film documents the 2009 "Balloon Boy" incident in Fort Collins, Colorado, when Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed that their six-year-old son Falcon had floated away in Richard's homemade helium balloon. The event sparked a nationwide panic and live international news coverage before Falcon was found safe at home, hiding in the attic.
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