The reality of the Balloon Boy's saga has been questioned mostly because of the actions of his parents.
His parents have appeared on the reality show Wife Swap twice:
His dad is a storm chaser, whois known for his scence experiments, he also has a channel on YouTube where he posts lots of crazy videos, like this one where he asks if Hillary Clinto is a reptile:
The this video came out of the Balloon floating off. It looks kind of staged to us: