DECEPTION: Balloon Boy: The Hoax That Gripped America

In 2009, a Colorado family claimed their six year-old son had
floated away inside a homemade flying saucer. As helicopters
tracked the balloon live on national television, the country
braced for tragedy, until the story began to fall apart. Sabrina
and Corinne revisit the Balloon Boy hoax, a crime that turned
panic into spectacle and exposed the power of a well-timed lie.


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