Tipster Claims He Has Evidence "Balloon Boy" Was a Hoax

A tipster apparently has the goods on Richard Heene, and the balloon boy story, saying it was indeed a hoax. However, the evidence is not free; it's for sale.

The news comes from a Denver-area student who claims to have worked with Richard Heene, father of Falcon, the so-called "balloon boy," on a reality TV show proposal for ABC.

You will recall that yesterday, news media was in a frenzy as a flying saucer-shaped balloon supposedly carrying Falcon Heene, 6, was tracked for over 50 miles, with authorities trying to figure out how to rescue him. Turns out, he wasn't on the balloon at all.

Now, that doesn't necessarily mean anything, per se, as the initial report came from one of Falcon's brothers, who could have been mistaken. Falcon was found hiding in a box in the attic of his family's garage. Again, that doesn't necessarily mean anything, because it's something a kid might do when people are looking for him, if he feels he might be in trouble.

However, when Falcon went on CNN and said, when asked by his father why he didn't reply to calls for him, "You had said that we did this for the show," that's pretty telling. In fact, watch the video below, and see the evidence.

The aforementioned evidence-possessing student says the National Enquirer is considering buying it for between $5,000 and $8,000. He says he and Richard Heene worked together from March until May of this year to prepare "business plans and proposals" to pitch to ABC. You'll recall also that Heene and family were once featured on the show "Wife Swap."

Unfortunately, Heene never paid said student, who admits that he would love to get some cash for this evidence in order to "pay the rent." And sticking it to Heene would just be a bonus, of course.

"The show surrounds scientific experiments and controversial pranks, and one of the pranks within it — actually several of the things within this document — talks about very similar information to what is being debated on the air.

"When Mr. Heene is denying having any involvement with this being for a show — when the little kid, Falcon, says 'Dad, you said to go hide in the attic, we're doing this for the show' — and then he's adamantly denying that, that's when I started cracking up because I have proof that that's not true."

Certainly, if this was a hoax, the father would be charged with something, but it might be as small as a misdemeanor. On the other hand, you can bet they will bill him for the emergency services rendered.

Come on, Enquirer. Fork over the money, already.