A hot air balloon "crashed after striking power lines" in Hebron, Indiana, the Federal Aviation Administration told USA TODAY in a statement.

Before subjecting humans to the unknown dangers of flight in a hot-air balloon, French inventors conducted a trial run, sending a sheep, a duck and a rooster up in the air over Versailles. Anyone ...

I took a hot air balloon ride over the Arizona desert and it was an alluring experience — and unlike anything else I’ve experienced as an adventure traveler.