Rescuers are tracking and chasing a "homemade flying saucer" that is in flight with a 6-year-old, by himself, on board.  The balloon has the potential to rise to above 10,000 feet

This incident started Thursday morning in Fort Collins, Colorado when the boy got into the flying saucer shaped balloon device, which was built by an adult, and somehow has gotten  loose from its tether, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.

The bizarre scene is playing out live on television right now and promps fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside. The balloon rotated slowly in the wind, tipping precariously at times.

The home-made flying saucer was last seen in flight over Weld County.

The sheriff's office is working the Federal Aviation Administration to determine how to best get the boy down.

Officials are following the balloon and last say it about 40 miles north of Denver.