The US military shot down an unidentified flying object for the third time in a few days. This time the target flew over the Great Lakes on the Canada-US border.
The exact object is examined. The Department of Defense said in a statement that it expects the United States to have a link to espionage. There is talk of “possible surveillance capabilities”.
The object has been tracked for some time. Flying much farther west over the state of Montana this weekend, she appeared on the radar.
F 16
The Pentagon said it expected the launch for the safety of people on the ground. Eventually, an F-16 shot down the object while flying more than 4 miles above Lake Huron.
There was no military threat to the US, but the object posed a possible threat to civil aviation due to its trajectory and altitude.
“balloons”
An object was also caught elsewhere in Canada earlier this weekend. This happened in the northern Yukon area. And last Friday, an object was hit in the neighboring US state of Alaska. Senate Majority Leader Schumer said in an interview with ABC News that intelligence agencies believe there are two bubbles.
More than a week ago, the United States shot down a Chinese balloon with gauges over the Atlantic. Washington accuses Beijing of spying, but the Chinese government categorically denies this. China says it’s a weather balloon.
Source: NOS
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