Balloon Boy Busts Parents

[MaumeeMom]

Eyes for Lies opinion on this incident for now...
http://eyesforlies.blogspot.com/2009/10/falcon-balloon-boy.html

She's leaning towards accident at this point.

Eating Crow

I think the authorities will continue with the truth line until they have solid evidence they can charge with.
There is nothing helpful to LE to speculate on whether the parents are lying at this point. The good cop position is "we believe them".

from the CNN piece:

The dramatic announcement included an admission by Alderden that authorities misled the media on Friday when they said they still believed it was not a hoax.

In fact, after a comment on CNN Thursday night by Falcon, the 6-year-old boy, "it became very clear to us at that point that they were lying," Alderden said. But in order to get to the truth, "it was very important that they maintain their trust with us." So investigators misled the media while they carried out their "game plan" of gathering the truth.

 

[JerseyJanice]

OP, but MaumeeMom, did you take your username from Little Women? (It's my favorite childhood book. )

 

[MaumeeMom]

OP, but MaumeeMom, did you take your username from Little Women? (It's my favorite childhood book. )

Nope, it's my location and job title I do love Little Women though.

 

[blissventure]

OP, but MaumeeMom, did you take your username from Little Women? (It's my favorite childhood book. )

I wondered the same thing. And MaumeeMom, thanks for your post. I don't have LE experience, but I raised two teenagers.
On occasion I had to assess whether I was hearing the truth or a fish tale....