A Lot of Ballooney

Who can forget that bright, sunny day in October 2009 when the soon-to-be-famous “balloon boy” reportedly untethered his dad’s hot air balloon, climbed inside and went for a nerve-wracking 60-mile ride across the Northern Colorado landscape?

Except for the fact that the kid wasn’t actually inside the balloon.

Yes, the whole world was caught up in the high-flying drama, as five-year-old Falcon Heene of Fort Collins was reported to be inside the silver, saucer-like craft barreling through the skies.

Millions were glued to their TV and computer screens that day as the story swept across the globe. Anyone who’s ever dealt with a…