Update: Monday, July 6, 1 p.m.
Officials searched early into the morning and found no wreckage of a hot air balloon and now believe that there was no crash.
Officials believe that the man who reported the accident might have seen fireworks. They believe that the man was far away and that his vision was obscured.
While the report was false, officials are glad the man called because the report could have been an emergency.
Updated: Sunday, July 5, 9:55 p.m.
Camden County Sheriff's deputies say a report of a hot air balloon that may have crashed in southwest Camden County around 8 p.m. Sunday night is unfounded.
A lake resident tells officials he saw the hot air balloon falling horizontally at a high rate of speed into a rugged forest area near the Ha-Ha-Tonka State Park.
Mid-County Fire Chief Scott Frandsen says neither the rescue helicopter nor the rescue officials on foot had located anything.
Authorities are contacting hot air balloon companies in mid-Missouri to see if they are missing a balloonist.
If you have any information, you are asked to call the Camden County Sheriff's Department at (573) 346-2243.
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