Boy Of Six 'Floats Off In Hot Air Balloon
A boy of six has floated away in a hot air balloon after climbing into the makeshift craft in Colorado, USA, reports say.
Boy, 6, trapped in 'flying saucer'-style hot air balloon in Colorado
The boy is believed to be trapped inside the enclosed basket of the balloon
The silver balloon, which the boy's family described as a "homemade flying saucer", can be seen drifting thousands of feet in the air.
A radar gun has reportedly clocked the balloon travelling at 25mph.
Authorities on the ground in Denver are now desperately trying to work out how to rescue the boy safely.
Police said there was no way to reach the boy inside the sealed craft, or to ascertain his condition.
The Denver Post newspaper reported that the boy got into the balloon at his family's home in Fort Collins and that it then came loose from its tether.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Mike Fergus says the agency had been notified and it was unclear whether traffic controllers had picked it up on radar.
