Over Lake Huron in Michigan, another object was shot down by the USA
On Sunday, the U.S. military shot down an unidentified flying object over Lake Huron in Michigan. The third shot in just three days and the fourth time since the downing of the Chinese satellite in the Gulf in South Carolina on Feb. 4.
Sunday's shooting incident occurred just at around noon
after airspace was temporarily shut to Lake Michigan by the Federal Aviation Administration and NORAD. Fighter jets were scrambling to investigate a signal; however, they could not locate an object, as per a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak on the matter. The F-16 was able to shoot down the target in the 2nd quarter of an hour p.m. ET Sunday under the direction of president Joe Biden, according to Air Force Brig. General. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary. He fired an AIM 9X missile sidewinder, the same weapon used in previous incidents.
The object was flying around 20,000 feet above Lake Huron in a path and altitude.
Which raised concerns about the danger it poses to aviation for civilians, Ryder said Sunday evening. The shooting down on the lake reduced the chance of injury to people or causing property damage. There is no evidence that anyone was injured. “We did not consider it an imminent security threat on the ground. However, we did think it as a safety flight danger and a danger due to its possible capability to monitor,” Ryder also said, suggesting that it could be an additional satellite used to spy on people.
The increasing number of sightings of unknown objects
could result from a more thorough examination of the airspace. After the Chinese spy balloon was shot down in February. 4. Melisssa Dalton, assistant secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, told reporters that night. The three objects that were shot down could also be civilian aircraft involved in conducting research explained. However, the aircraft has to be recovered and studied to determine its cause and purpose.
The objects were hard to locate because they were “very tiny, extremely small objects that have a very narrow radar cross-section,” according to Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, the commanding officer of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. VanHerck concluded that none of the objects threatened people in the air. Dalton claimed that the targets were flying at an altitude that could have impacted civilian aircraft. This also was a factor in shooting the objects down.
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