Sheriff Jim Alderden, the Colorado officer at the center of the "balloon boy" saga, writes about the ordeal on his online blog, noting that some emails offered suggestions for how to capture the balloon and others called him a modern-day "Barney Fife. In this week's edition, titled Up, Up and Away, Alderden writes that he got over 500 emails from around the world, with all kinds of rescue suggestions, from launching hot air balloons with nets, to sending out skydivers and para-gliders. THIS MORNING ON CNN I HEARD THE BIG MOUTHED,FAT ,BALD HEADED, OVER INFLATED EGO OF A SHERIFF GO ON AND ON AND ON ABOUT THE KID IN THE DAMN BALLON. Finally there were the "wing-nuts," the sheriff says, including one who needed to speak to Richard Heene, who launched the balloon, "as I know that the reptilians that he speaks of exist and are here on this planet right damn now. read more

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