Police confirm 'Balloon boy' safe

A six-year-old boy feared to have floated away in a home-made hot air balloon in Colorado on Thursday has been found alive, police said.

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said that Falcon Heene had been discovered hiding in a box in the attic of a garage at his family home.

He told reporters the massive search for the youngster began after one of his brothers said they saw him climb in the balloon.