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The country was transfixed for two hours on Thursday, October 15, 2009, by a homemade contraption that looked just like the flying saucers from popular science fiction movies.![The Heenes' Saucer-Shaped Balloon]()
As the flying disc reached speeds in excess of 25 mph as it flew for miles and miles, thousands of feet above Colorado, it had many thinking of other Jiffy-Pop plate-shaped flying discs of yore.![The Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers]()
In this 1956 flick, the aliens visited our planet in flying saucers the Heene family may have used as inspiration.![The Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers]()
Mr. President, watch out!![The Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers]()
This still eerily resembles the video being taken of the Heene saucer flying over Colorado.![The Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers]()
Luckily for the Heenes and those on the ground, the Heene disc crashed in an empty field, not in a populated metropolis, as they did in "Vs."![Plan 9 From Outer Space]()
The flying saucer in "Plan 9" was another space vehicle that resembles the Heene balloon.![Close Encounters of the Third Kind]()
One imagines that if the Heene dad had a few more spare parts lying around in the back yard, his balloon would have been a bit bigger, and looked more like this.![Alien Trespass]()
This 2009 film cost $40 million to make and grossed only $100,000, but somehow we think the Heenes may have been some of the few people to see it.![Disneyland Saucer Ride]()
In a related story, the Heene boys starred in a raunchy music video posted on Youtube riding little hovercrafts that looked exactly like this Disney flying saucer ride from the 1960s.![Heene 'Hovercraft']()
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From now on, we suggest the Heene family stick to flying discs more like this one - the ones made by Frisbee.Flying Saucer Movies... and More
"Balloon Boy" Falcon Heene's contraption reminded some of a 50s-style flying saucer
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