On Sunday afternoon, an unidentified object was shot down by U.S. forces over Michigan's Lake Huron, according to the Pentagon. It's the fourth aerial shootdown in just over a week in North America.
An F-16 fighter jet used a missile to take out an unidentified object over Michigan's Lake Huron on Saturday. Here, a Belgian F-16 is pictured taking part in a NATO nuclear deterrence exercise in Belgium in October.A unidentified object has been shot down by U.S. forces over Lake Huron, according to the Department of Defense.
"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," Ryder said. On Saturday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said it detected a"radar anomaly" over Havre, Mont., after an aircraft investigation of radar hits failed to locate an object matching the hits.
But on Sunday, Ryder said, officials could"reasonably" link the object downed that afternoon to the radar signal picked up over Montana based on its flight path and data. "Our team will now work to recover the object in an effort to learn more," Ryder said in the statement.Earlier in the day, politicians from Michigan said they were in contact with the Defense Department about the object.
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