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Hot air balloon with 13 aboard makes emergency landing in California backyard.

Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:04 pm
Posted by LSU Tiger Eyes
Key Biscayne, FL
Member since Sep 2003
3867 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:04 pm
Talk about unexpected guests!
quote:

A balloon landed in a Southern California backyard — a balloon with 13 people.

The enormous hot air balloon, with a pilot and passengers in the basket, descended perfectly Saturday on a small plot of grass at a home in Temecula. Hunter Perrin said he had no idea that he had visitors until a neighbor alerted him.

“I was watching TV and my wife was doing yoga,” Perrin told The Associated Press. “There was a man standing in front of my door saying, ‘They just landed.’ What? I was very confused.”



Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
21039 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:06 pm to
Posted by Everyday Is Saturday
Member since Dec 2025
1235 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:14 pm to
I’m not superstitious unless in hot air balloons.

13

Should have pushed the tallest hippie out of basket.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
129986 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:18 pm to
Did a hot air balloon ride (which was awesome) and he didn’t get the wind other balloons did so we landed in the yard of an abandoned church. Grass was 7 feet high. Was pretty funny.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
156985 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:21 pm to
And were immediately forced to pay the California balloon tax
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3991 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:26 pm to
So this giant balloon made an emergency landing, landing perfectly on a tiny section of flat grass between tall trees and a house. The passengers then remained in the perfectly upright ballon while making a video. No concern that a possible gust of wind could suddenly hurl them back into the air or drag them across trees.

Not saying this did not really happen but certainly sounds questionable.
Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
6013 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:33 pm to
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No concern that a possible gust of wind could suddenly hurl them back into the air or drag them across trees. Not saying this did not really happen but certainly sounds questionable.


Not really. Those trees behind them cannot be more calm. No gust coming.
Posted by Cockopotamus
Member since Jan 2013
16007 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:34 pm to
I call bullshite.

That’s an engineered photo op farming for clicks.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122013 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:38 pm to
I am not scared to fly or anything like that, I don't like heights, but I am not deathly afraid of them. With that said, something about a hot air balloon and riding in one has never appealed to be... Especially if 12 other people are in that damn basket
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3991 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:38 pm to
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Not really. Those trees behind them cannot be more calm. No gust coming.


So they landed there by dropping straight down? Does not take much wind to move a hot air balloon.
Posted by Lou Loomis
A pond. Ponds good for you.
Member since Mar 2025
1918 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 7:55 pm to
quote:

Not saying this did not really happen but certainly sounds questionable.


One in a million Doc!

I’m not believing this at all.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
74888 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:07 pm to
Posted by Splackavellie
Bayou
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:08 pm to
Posted by AirbusDawg
Milton, Ga
Member since Jan 2018
3050 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:19 pm to
I had one land in my front yard last weekend. It was the craziest thing. Out walking the dog and kept hearing the gas blowing. Dude just landed right in between a bunch of trees. I couldn't believe how easy it was to maneuver. They moved the basket out in the street and folded it all up into the back of a trailer.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
44601 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

Hot air balloon with 13 aboard


A ballooners dozen.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
36836 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:01 pm to
GFs mom lives in Temecula. Could've been her.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
39453 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:21 pm to
That ballon knot though...
Posted by Deuces
The bottom
Member since Nov 2011
16858 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:23 pm to
California will use this to open another hospice
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
14549 posts
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:31 pm to
quote:

I’m not believing this at all.
lotta hit air?
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
34362 posts
Posted on 4/21/26 at 7:01 am to
My right ear really enjoyed that...
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