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The U.S. military has shot down another unidentified flying object over Michigan on Sunday, the Defense Department announced.
Bergman: They informed me an f-16 using a missile had shot down an octagonal structure over at Lake Huron. The altitude was about 20,000 feet pic.twitter.com/2jnedlpCvU
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 12, 2023
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby will soon deliver a press conference regarding the downed object around Lake Huron.
The Pentagon released a statement confirming an F-16 fired an AIM9x missile to shoot down an airborne object flying at approximately 20,000 feet altitude.
Today at 2:42 p.m. ET, at the direction of President Biden, and based on the recommendations of Secretary Austin and military leadership, an F-16 fired an AIM9x to successfully shoot down an airborne object flying at approximately 20,000 feet altitude in U.S. airspace over Lake Huron in the State of Michigan. Its path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation. The location chosen for this shoot down afforded us the opportunity to avoid impact to people on the ground while improving chances for debris recovery. There are no indications of any civilians hurt or otherwise affected. North American Aerospace Defense Command detected the object Sunday morning and has maintained visual and radar tracking of it. Based on its flight path and data we can reasonably connect this object to the radar signal picked up over Montana, which flew in proximity to sensitive DOD sites. We did not assess it to be a kinetic military threat to anything on the ground, but assess it was a safety flight hazard and a threat due to its potential surveillance capabilities. Our team will now work to recover the object in an effort to learn more.
Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) claimed he has been in contact with the Defense Department regarding operations across the Great Lakes region.
I’ve been in contact with DOD regarding operations across the Great Lakes region today.
The US military has decommissioned another “object” over Lake Huron.
I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots.
The American people deserve far more answers than we have.
— Rep. Jack Bergman (@RepJackBergman) February 12, 2023
The flying “octagon shaped” object was taken down at 20,000 ft, according to Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.).
The object has been downed by pilots from the US Air Force and National Guard. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters. We’re all interested in exactly what this object was and it’s purpose. 1/ https://t.co/LsjwtjntCv
— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) February 12, 2023
This is marks the fourth object destroyed by the US military in a little over a week.
This comes a day after a U.S. Raptor F-22 shot down another UFO over Northern Canada on Saturday at the direction of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NORAD.
A day before that, the U.S. shot down a “cylindrical silverish grey” object over Alaska.
The DoD claimed they have no reason to suspect these objects are extraterrestrial in nature.
In fact, the Joe Biden last week, after a days of letting it traverse across the U.S., ordered the takedown of a Chinese spy balloon over the South Carolina coast.