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Hot air balloon with 13 passengers makes emergency landing in homeowner’s backyard

Popkin
Apr 21, 2026
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Hunter Perrin of Temecula, California stepped into his backyard Saturday morning and found 13 people sitting in a hot air balloon basket staring back at him. His neighbor had knocked on the door — when they went outside together, there it was. The pilot had run low on fuel, lost enough wind to stay on course, and attempted …

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