The family behind the "balloon boy" controversy is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary, and PEOPLE has an exclusive trailer.

Netflix is revisiting the "Balloon Boy" hoax of 2009 in its streaming series Trainwreck. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 94°F. Saturday, June 28th 2025 Home Page. News.

NEED TO KNOW. The Heene family, who was at the center of the "balloon boy" controversy in 2009, is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy. PEOPLE has an exclusive ...

Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Gillian Pachter's doc Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, from YouTube: On October 15, 2009, a father in Fort Collins, CO calls 911, ...

In the Balloon Boy story, the saucer may have come crashing back to Earth, but the truth remains up in the air. Read More Weird News: A version of this story ran in 2019; it has been updated for 2025.

NEED TO KNOW. The Heene family, who was at the center of the "balloon boy" controversy in 2009, is speaking out in an upcoming Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Balloon Boy. PEOPLE has an exclusive look ...

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is a documentary that is scheduled to be released on Netflix on July 15, 2025. The trailer for the documentary, directed by Gillian Pachter, was dropped a month before its ...

The child who was at the center of the 'balloon boy' hoax that gripped America nearly 16 years ago has now revealed how he relished in the chaos during the ordeal. Falcon Heene, now 22, was just ...

Fort Collins' infamous Balloon Boy hoax will be featured in Netflix's "Trainwreck" docuseries, which explores disasters, scandals and hoaxes.