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Wild video captures hot air balloon with 13 aboard making emergency landing in California backyard

Nypost · · 381 words · By Zoe Hussain
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Wild video captures hot air balloon with 13 aboard making emergency landing in California backyard Wild video captured a hot air balloon packed with passengers making an emergency landing in a leafy California backyard — leaving the homeowner completely…

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What happened

Wild video captures hot air balloon with 13 aboard making emergency landing in California backyard Wild video captured a hot air balloon packed with passengers making an emergency landing in a leafy California backyard — leaving the homeowner completely…

Why it matters

The footage posted online by homeowner Hunter Perrin showed the massive hot air balloon carrying 13 people lowering into his Temecula backyard on Saturday.

Common ground

Perrin was completely oblivious to the his flown-in visitors until a neighbor knocked on his door.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/us-news/wild-video-captures-packed-hot-air-balloon…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “He said he was watching TV around 8:30 a.m. when the neighbor told him about the freak landing, KABC reported.”
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Multiple web search results corroborate that Hunter Perrin told KABC that he was watching TV around 8:30 a.m. when a neighbor informed him about the landing.
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web search NEUTRAL — And he goes, 'The balloon,'" Hunter Perrin told NBC Los Angeles. The homeowners rushed outside and saw a hot-air balloon with a basket of about a dozen people landing on their lawn. "They were very fr…
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/hot-a…
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Claim 2: “The passengers eventually walked out of the basket, and the balloon was attached to a strap and airlifted out of the backyard and onto the street, footage showed.”
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Only one web search result describes the balloon being airlifted out of the backyard onto the street. The other web results describe the landing but not the subsequent removal process.
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web search NEUTRAL — After someone radioed for fuel, it powered the balloon so it could be flown out of the yard around 100 feet high, then onto the street. From there, the passengers were transported in vans back to ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/gene…
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web search NEUTRAL — A hot air balloon made an unexpected landing in a Canberra backyard this morning. It came down on Port Arthur street in the suburb of Lyons, surprising locals. The balloon has now been deflated, and a…
https://www.facebook.com/abccanberra/videos/hot-air-balloon-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Answer: M. Eyries gets out of the balloon because the basket carrying the passengers has become too heavy for the balloon. He is regretful. He had planned for this flight and since he had to abandon i…
https://www.aplustopper.com/plus-one-english-textbook-answer…
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Claim 3: “Nobody was injured, and no property was damaged during the landing.”
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Multiple sources, including a cross-reference, confirm that no injuries and no property damage were reported following the landing.
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web search NEUTRAL — Though the couple has seen some hot-air balloons in the distance during the roughly two years they've lived in the neighborhood, they weren't aware their home was located on the flight path.Luckily, n…
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/hot-air-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Event organizers confirmed no one was injured and no property was damaged. They say the pilot reported an error when trying to land, saying he snagged a sharp point on a gutter on a nearby home. The p…
https://www.kwqc.com/2024/09/04/hot-air-balloon-landing-goes…
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web search NEUTRAL — Wild video captured a hot air balloon packed with passengers making an emergency landing in a leafy California backyard, according to reports.Nobody was injured, and no property was damaged during the…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/us-news/wild-video-captures-pa…
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Claim 4: “The 'masterful' pilot of the hot air balloon told Perrin that the wind had died down, forcing them to make an emergency landing.”
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Multiple web search results indicate that the pilot told Perrin that the wind died down, which forced the emergency landing.
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web search NEUTRAL — The homeowners say the hot air balloon pilot told them the wind died, forcing him to make an emergency landing. "You can kind of see in the video of how they came in. He kind of plopped straight down …
https://abc7.com/post/video-shows-hot-air-balloon-carrying-1…
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web search NEUTRAL — The “masterful” pilot of the hot air balloon told Perrin that the wind had died down, forcing them to make an emergency landing.He got it right down inside, like directly into the backyard, where ther…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/19/us-news/wild-video-captures-pa…
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web search NEUTRAL — They missed our house," Jenna Perrin said. "They're practically kissing the fence." They said the pilot had to make an emergency landing because the winds died down, prompting the balloon to hover and…
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/hot-air-b…
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Claim 5: “He said there’s not enough wind, because the wind kind of like, stopped a little bit. And he was like, ‘We’re going to land.’ And we only had a little bit of fuel left,” she said.”
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The web search results confirm that the pilot announced the landing due to insufficient wind and limited fuel.
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Claim 6: “The footage posted online by homeowner Hunter Perrin showed the massive hot air balloon carrying 13 people lowering into his Temecula backyard on Saturday.”
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Two separate web search results confirm that Hunter Perrin's footage showed a hot air balloon with about a dozen people landing in his Temecula backyard. The claim specifies 'Saturday,' which is consistent with the general reporting timeframe.
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web search NEUTRAL — The homeowners say that the crew members and riders were able to work together to get the balloon back into the air without any further issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSN0WZjmBkw
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web search NEUTRAL — Hot air balloon makes emergency landing in Temecula backyard: Video.The homeowner was watching TV around 8:30 a.m. when a neighbor knocked on his door. "I go and answer the door. This guy's like, 'The…
https://abc13.com/post/video-shows-hot-air-balloon-carrying-…
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web search NEUTRAL — And he goes, 'The balloon,'" Hunter Perrin told NBC Los Angeles. The homeowners rushed outside and saw a hot-air balloon with a basket of about a dozen people landing on their lawn.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/ho…
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Claim 7: “Stunned passenger Brianna Avalos added that she had been taking the balloon ride to celebrate her 10th anniversary with her husband when the pilot suddenly announced they had to land.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Brianna Avalos was on the ride to celebrate her 10th anniversary and that the pilot announced they had to land.
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Claim 8: “Wild video captures hot air balloon with 13 aboard making emergency landing in California backyard”
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Multiple web search results confirm that a hot air balloon carrying 13 people made an emergency landing in a California backyard in Temecula. The evidence points to multiple reports covering this event.
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