'I open the sliding glass door, and there's a basket full of thirteen people in my backyard!!' the homeowner told Eyewitness News.
Saturday, April 18, 2026 11:17PMShocking video out of Riverside County shows the moment a hot air balloon landed in the backyard of a home. Now, the homeowners are speaking to Eyewitness News about their stunning experience.
It wasn't the landing anyone expected, but somehow, a hot air balloon carrying 13 people landed in the backyard of a Temecula home on Saturday."I go and answer the door. This guy's like, 'They just landed in your backyard!!!'" said Hunter Perrin. "And I'm like, 'What!?'" Perrin and his wife, Jenna, who was in another room at the time, then went outside to see what had happened. "I open the sliding glass door, and there's a basket full of thirteen people in my backyard!" Perrin said. "The pilot, he was masterful. He got it right down inside, like directly into the backyard, where there was nothing. The balloon didn't catch on anything. No one was injured." The homeowners say the hot air balloon pilot told them the wind died, forcing him to make an emergency landing. "You can kind of see in the video of how they came in. He kind of plopped straight down and was moving very slowly," Perrin said. "And I run to the backyard, and there's a whole group of people that are just waving at me," Jenna said. "And I'm like, 'Oh my God. So the sound I heard was the flames?!' And I'm like... hi!'"Copyright © 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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