Trainwreck: Balloon Boy | Official Trailer | Netflix

A homemade flying saucer lifts off, and a 6-year-old boy might be inside. National panic ensues - but what truly happened? This documentary investigates.

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Trainwreck: Balloon Boy

Release Date: July 15

Synopsis: On October 15, 2009, a father in Fort Collins Colorado calls 911, claiming that his home-made flying saucer has escaped from the back yard, carrying his six-year-old son inside. This stranger-than-fiction claim is backed up by footage from a news helicopter, which catches up with the balloon and is live-streaming the chase. What starts as a local emergency quickly escalates into a national one, as everyone from the National Guard, to the Sheriff, and Homeland Security, struggles to come up with a plan to safely rescue 'Balloon Boy'. As the balloon softly lands, people pray for a miracle reunion - but instead they discover no boy inside. What appears to be a tragedy takes a sharp turn into something else. Public sympathy quickly turns into righteous outrage, as Balloon Boy quickly becomes one of America's most infamous, and bizarre news stories.

Director: Gillian Pachter

Executive Producers: Sheun Adelasoye De Nicola, Alexander Marengo, and Tim Wardle (RAW); Casey Feldman, Erica Roberts, and William Swann (BBH)

Series Producer: Ben Rumney

Production Company: RAW and BBH

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TRAINWRECK SERIES INFO:

Synopsis: Delve into the spiraling disasters and epic fails that the world could not look away from in TRAINWRECK. Told from the perspective of those at the heartbeat of the chaos, this anthology series explores some of the wildest and most bizarre events ever to blow up in mainstream media- from disastrous festivals, political scandals and media hoaxes to cult-like corporations and reality TV disasters.

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