It took roughly 30 minutes for all 1,429,643 balloons to go airborne—like a “helium mountain” rising into the sky, as one reporter observed. It took roughly an hour before the 10-car pile-up ...

Don and Brian Cleaver are the father-and-son team from Toms River who launched a Jersey Shore aeronautical adventure into the ...

Power was restored around 9:30 p.m. The post said metallic ... Tether Mylar balloons When disposing of the balloons, puncture them to release the helium. This will prevent the balloons from ...

Optimistic's latex balloon, which was about 10 feet high and 10 feet wide, was filled with helium from a tank ... begins about six miles high and extends to 30 miles above the ground.

The agency said it was located the next day in Hunt County, about 30 miles ... the balloon at the crash site. AP The hull of the aerostat consists of an upper chamber filled with helium, and ...

DALLAS, Texas -- Officials said a large balloon U.S. Customs and Border Protection ... The agency said it was located the next day in Hunt County, about 30 miles east of Dallas.