A middle schooler's science project was so alarming to a Manchester, N.H., man that he called police after the contraption landed on his driveway.

Eighth-grader Jack Miron of nearby Walton, N.H., had a grand idea for a science project. The Pine Hill Waldorf  student rigged a box that included a video camera, weather recording equipment, flags and a beeping device onto a weather balloon, WMUR reports.