'Balloon boy' found safe at home

Falcon Heene, 6, was found hiding in the attic of his home on October 15, 2009 in Ft. Collins, Colorado after his siblings had erroneously reported that he was riding aboard an experimental balloon built by his father. Media helicopters, military aircraft and the FAA all assisted in tracking down the wayward balloon, which landed in a field in Weld County, Colorado. (AFP image)

Dad Richard Heene embraces 6-year-old Falcon after he was found hiding in the garage attic of his home. For hours on Thursday, people in America were gripped by television images of a homemade, silvery balloon careening through the skies, whooshing over fields and trees and yards with a six-year-old boy believed inside. (NYT Photo)

Mom Mayumi Heene gives Falcon a kiss. (NYT Photo)

Dad Richard Heene, mom Mayumi and brother Ryo, 8. (NYT Photo)

Falcon Heene (C) stands in the garage where he earlier climbed up PVC pipes to hide in the attic. (AFP Photo)

Falcon Heene (L) climbs over the family car with brother Ryo, outside their home. (AFP image)

Falcon Heene seen playing outside his home.  (AFP photo)

Falcon Henne (L) and brother Ryo, 8, seen outside their home. (AFP Photo)

Falcon shimmied up some pipes in the garage and hid – even napping briefly – in the attic area. For hours on Thursday, people in America were gripped by television images of a homemade, silvery balloon careening through the skies, whooshing over fields and trees and yards with the six-year-old boy believed inside. (AFP Photo)

At home because local schools were closed, Falcon had been climbing into a compartment affixed beneath the helium-filled saucer, prompting angry words from his father. (AFP Photo)

A search party was readied - on foot, on horseback, in helicopters with infrared sensors - to scan the aircraft's path of more than 60 miles, some fearing the boy might have fallen from his perch. (AFP Photo)

Falcon Henne (C), stands with brothers Brad (L), and Ryo, outside their home in Ft. Collins, Colorado. (AFP Photo)

In this framegrab courtesy of Fox News Colorado first responders gather around a homemade balloon after it landed in a field on October 15, 2009. The helium balloon broke from its tethers at a Fort Collins, Colorado, home sparking a full-scale rescue operation for six-year-old Falcon Heene believed to be aboard the saucer-shaped craft. Multiple media reports put the craft hurtling through the sky thousands of feet in the air moving at up to 25 miles (40 kilometers) an hour as a captivated nation watched fearing for the fate of its presumed passenger, young. The boy was not found in the balloon, forcing rescuers to continue the search. (AFP Photo)

For hours on Thursday, people around the country were gripped by television images of a homemade, silvery balloon careening through the skies near here, whooshing over fields and trees and yards with a 6-year-old boy believed inside. (AFP Photo/Fox News Channel)