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After initial reports that
Falcon Heene was trapped inside a homemade aircraft flying near Fort Collins, Colorado, TMZ reports that the 6-year-old is now missing. Falcon and his family appear in the 100th episode of
Wife Swap.
The Heene family was constructing an experimental 20-foot helium balloon attached to their home earlier today, and it was initially believed that young Falcon boarded the "flying saucer," which is capable of ascending to about 10,000 feet.
After accidentally taking off for a two-hour flight, the aircraft landed about 40 miles from where it took off. The six-year old, police told TMZ, is now missing.
The Heene family (which includes two other young boys) is described as "storm-chasing" and "science-obsessed" and has constructed earlier "experimental aircrafts."
Wife Swap's website notes, "When the Heene family aren't chasing storms, they devote their time to scientific experiments that include looking for extraterrestrials and building a research-gathering flying saucer to send into the eye of the storm."
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