Falcon Heene (Balloon Boy)

Here is the story:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220926/Balloon-boy-father-denies-TV-fake-Falcon-Heene-attic.html 
 
Here is the crazy hoax being exposed:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkBE8jI9btM&feature=player_embedded# 
 
This family is nuts, the parents and specifically the dad needs to be charged at the very least, if not have their kids taken away from them. 
 
This family was on Wife Swap twice. You can watch the second episode here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HoqRIAwkps 
 
The dad is MENTALLY UNSTABLE.  He is freaking nuts, and obviously very controlling of his wife.  This guy should not be able to have kids, he is a crazy storm chaser and thinks he is an inventor.  Seriously he thinks that helium filled spaceship is "the future of travel".  Why aren't police doing something about this? He is obviously lying.  That Balloon was made of cardboard, thin fabric and filled with helium, theres no way it would get off the ground with a person inside it, and I'm sure the parents were well aware of that.  This guy needs to be in prison.

Certain people are a little wacko and do irrational things; what else is new?

This is all very awkward and unsettling, Milpool. I'm gonna pretend I didn't see this, and go tenderize my skull until I don't have to pretend anymore.

The balloon didn't have enough helium in it to even lift 50 lbs.  I assume the boy is at least 50lb or more.  I would presume that someone how makes a balloon would understand how much helium is needed to lift a specific weight.  I'm quite certain this was planned for publicity and nothing more.

@kojip Ok thanks for the info. But if it had 50lbs inside it, probably would not be flying that high, also you should account for the displacement of helium with a body being in there, and to be fair no one knows how much helium was in there. 
 
Regardless, the video of the CNN interview should be enough evidence to suspect they are lying, but it would be fun to see someone scientifically debunk this.