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Boy in the Balloon, October 17, 2009

By The Associated Press

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 3:42pm

See pictures of a press conference at the home of Richard and Mayumi Heene on Saturday. Sheriff's investigators hoped to talk to Richard and Mayumi Heene again Saturday to resolve lingering questions over whether the drama, with military helicopters scrambling to catch up to the helium balloon and rescue the boy supposedly inside, could have been a hoax.

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Richard Heene holds a box for written questions during a news conference Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo.

Jarrod Pozarnski of Loveland, Colo. holds a sign at a press conference held by Richard Heene on Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo.

Gene Fiechtl (right) a neighbor of the Heene family, sells coffee to the media after a short press conference by Richard Heene on Saturday

A note left on the door of the Heene family home is shown Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo.

Gene Fiechtl, a neighbor of the Heene family, sells coffee to the media after a short press conference by Richard Heene on Saturday.

Ryo Heene, the 9-year-old brother of Falcon Heene, plays in the backyard of his parents home in Fort Collins, Colo., on Friday.

Investigators with the Adams County Sheriff's Department are seen at the scene where a balloon landed in a plowed field east of Hudson, Colo., on Thursday.