«THE UNITED STATES HAS AN HABIT OF MAKING HEROES OUT OF ANYTHING AND ANYBODY WHICH IS SO GREAT» -ANDY WARHOL

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Heene, the father of the 6-year-old Colorado boy who was thought to have been swept away in a helium balloon this week only to be found hiding in the family’s garage, told reporters the incident wasn’t a hoax.
“Absolutely no hoax,” Heene said today outside of his Fort Collins, Colorado, home, where he had called a press conference.
CNN earlier reported that Heene had planned to make a “major announcement” about the Oct. 15 incident that captivated a worldwide television audience with images of the saucer-shaped, homemade balloon whirring over Colorado fields.