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

Netflix’s Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, directed by Gillian Pachter and produced by Ben Rumney, reopens this viral case. It’s the ...

The Balloon Boy became world famous in 2009 after his family said he was floating thousands of feet in the air in a homemade ...

Trainwreck’ filmmaker Gillian Pachter examines the possibility for Netflix, and in conversation with The Hollywood Reporter.

Balloon Boy” is already one of the most popular films on the streamer in the U.S. What is the Heene family featured in the ...

Though the documentary didn’t really change my mind, and I still think that the whole October 2009 incident about a young boy supposedly being in a homemade flying saucer is some kind of hoax, I left ...

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy' revisits the controversial saga of the Heene family, who became a media sensation when their ...

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

Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is a Netflix documentary film that explores the Balloon Boy Hoax, which happened on October 15, 2009.

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

Balloon Boy made its release on July 15, 2025, which explored the story of the Heene family, who were charged with the Balloon Boy Hoax incident.

While authorities desperately searched for "Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene, his parents allegedly plotted the flight as a ...