I turned on the news while I ate lunch. President Obama was holding yet one more Town Hall meeting in which he seems to come off, to me, as being in campaign mode, rather than president mode.
And then "BREAKING NEWS" flashed on the screen. And then an image of a flying saucer came into view. Soon I was to learn a 6 year old boy was in the flying saucer, which actually was some sort of homemade weather balloon filled with helium.
The flying saucer weather balloon looked to be flying really fast, but in reality, as near as one can trust what one hears on these "live" type events, it was flying about 25 mph. It had reached an altitude of around 8,000 feet and then began slowly descending.
There was some speculation that the little boy had untethered the balloon and ran away and hid when he realized what he'd done.
The flying saucer soared across Colorado, starting by Fort Collins, then heading east before veering back towards Denver.
You could see the flying saucer was deflating. There was much discussion about whether or not it was, but you could clearly see it was quickly losing its stuffing. Then we were told it was down to 1000 feet. Then speculation about power lines and trees.
Then it was down to a few hundred feet. We saw a caravan of rescue vehicles closing in. We were told Blackhawk helicopters were on their way. We saw the flying saucer get very close to the ground. Then we were told we were going to break away in case something really bad happened.
But, we stayed, live, except, I assume, for a very slight delay. We saw the flying saucer touch down, rather gently. Instantly men were on it, securing it to the ground. There seemed to be no rush to get the little boy. Then it became obvious there was no little boy inside. Because no little boy came out and no medics rushed in.
Now the speculation is that the little boy was in a little box that was attached under the flying saucer. And so now the search is on for the little box. And the little boy.
Most bizarre thing I have watched "LIVE" in quite a while.
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