() — The United States Army knocked over another object high above Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon, according to a US official and a congressional source briefed on the matter.
A second US official said the downing of the unidentified object was “at the direction” of President Joe Biden.
The operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object has been shot down over North American airspace. An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday. On Friday, an unidentified object was shot down in the airspace of Alaska by an American F-22.
And last weekend, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was shot down by F-22s off the coast of South Carolina.
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said on Sunday that the operation to shoot down the object over Lake Huron was carried out by pilots of the US Air Force and the National Guard.
“Great job to everyone who carried out this mission both in the air and at headquarters. We are all interested in knowing exactly what this object was and its purpose, ”he said in a Tweet.
Republican Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan also confirmed the operation Sunday, tweeting: “The US military has dismantled another ‘object’ over Lake Huron.”
“I appreciate the decisive action of our fighter pilots,” he said.
