Trainwreck: Balloon Boy, one of the upcoming episodes in Netflix's newest anthology docuseries, will be released on July 15, ...

In the Balloon Boy story, the saucer may have come crashing back to Earth, but the truth remains up in the air. Read More Weird News: A version of this story ran in 2019; it has been updated for 2025.

Releasing helium-filled balloons in celebration, remembrance or promotion has become trendy over the past four decades. It’s ...

Mandy Baskin has flown nearly 3,500 balloon flights. “And I’m telling you, every sunrise, I’m like, ‘Oh my God!’ It’s amazing ...

The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...