Lake Huron

Sunday's shoot down occurred hours after airspace had been temporarily closed over Lake Michigan by the Federal Aviation Administration and NORAD.

“The intercepting aircraft will relay observed information, that will be digested, evaluated and then a decision made based on the situation.” It appeared again on radar Sunday near Wisconsin and was tracked across the state into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He deemed that none of the objects posed a threat to people on the ground. Fighter pilots observe the object and confer with headquarters before taking a shot, said retired Air Force Lt. warplanes have shot down aircraft over or near the United States, VanHerck said. The object downed Sunday was first detected by radar late Saturday afternoon about 70 miles north of the U.S. The last three objects shot down may also have been civilian aircraft engaged in research, she said, but the aircraft need to be recovered and analyzed to determine their origin and function. It’s possible that the increased number of sightings of unidentified objects is due to closer scrutiny of airspace after the Chinese spy balloon was shot down Feb. The objects have been difficult to track because they were “very, very small objects that produce a very, very low radar cross section,” according to Air Force Gen. The object had been flying at about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron in a path and altitude that raised concerns about it being a hazard to civilian aviation, Ryder said Sunday evening. Shooting it down over the lake minimized the chances of injuring people or damaging property. An F-16 shot down the object at 2:42 p.m.

The U.S. military shot down another high-altitude object on Sunday afternoon, this one over Lake Huron, three U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.

and then shot down off the coast of South Carolina by a U.S. The military waited to shoot it over the Atlantic Ocean out of concerns that downing it could risk people on the ground being injured by debris, officials have said. The first incident involved a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was tracked across the continental U.S. The senior U.S. "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. Because they "have not been able to definitively assess what these recent objects are, the president wanted to act out of an abundance of caution to protect our security and our interests," she continued. "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." We're all interested in exactly what this object was and [its] purpose," Rep. "There is no sense they are anything but meteorological balloons or some sort of weather balloon, not spy balloons," the official said. "Its path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation," Brig. There is no indication of surveillance capabilities, but the administration cannot rule that out.

The military shot down another aerial object on Sunday, this time over Lake Huron, marking the third day in a row the U.S. has taken down an unidentified ...

He said NORAD scrambled F-16 fighter jets and a tanker to investigate the object, but identifying it was initially “unsuccessful. He said recovery missions will be underway soon to determine what the object was. In a press briefing, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Gen. ](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Fdefense%2F3854915-faa-briefly-closes-airspace-over-lake-michigan-for-defense-activities%2F&data=05%7C01%7CRRahman%40TheHill.com%7C785203e94e114ca9f77508db0d423a46%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C638118350328103121%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cxY9Tf7k19Q3nLzKA6PAcK6r0Dt5Zc5j4zbUrkTZTCM%3D&reserved=0) [briefly closed](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpolicy%2Fdefense%2F3854915-faa-briefly-closes-airspace-over-lake-michigan-for-defense-activities%2F&data=05%7C01%7CRRahman%40TheHill.com%7C785203e94e114ca9f77508db0d423a46%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C638118350328103121%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cxY9Tf7k19Q3nLzKA6PAcK6r0Dt5Zc5j4zbUrkTZTCM%3D&reserved=0) [ some airspace over Lake Michigan earlier on Sunday “to support Department of Defense activities,” the agency said in a statement to The Hill. I will keep seeking information about the incident in the coming days,” “The Air Force has shot down an unidentified object over Lake Huron. Thank you to the U.S. airspace that night. The American people deserve far more answers than we have,” Bergman tweeted. has taken down an unidentified aircraft over North American airspace, Michigan lawmakers said on Sunday. [Jack Bergman ](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fpeople%2Fjack-bergman%2F&data=05%7C01%7CRRahman%40TheHill.com%7C785203e94e114ca9f77508db0d423a46%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C638118350328103121%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1HBU0KuAnqaf7QRAGsx14I9jll%2F9U3XdDwrjg58XvQ8%3D&reserved=0)(R-Mich.) said he was in contact with the Department of Defense throughout the day, and confirmed in a tweet that the military “decommissioned” another aerial object.

Just hours after airspace over Lake Michigan was closed US military jets shot down an object over Lake Huron — two U.S. Representatives said Sunday.

Purchase of replacement Large Power Transformers is a must to protect the nation’s electrical grid," he said. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters," she said. Sunday afternoon airspace over parts of Door County, northern Lake Michigan and northern Michigan was closed temporarily for national defense purposes, according to The North American Aerospace Defense Command. The temporary flight restriction has since been lifted." The object had been flying at about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron in a path and altitude that raised concerns about it being a hazard to civilian aviation, according to Air Force Brig. "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," according to a release from the U.S. warplanes have shot down aircraft over or near the United States, VanHerck said. The last four incidents appear to be the first time in history U.S. Glen VanHerck, the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. The object was first detected by radar late Saturday afternoon about 70 miles north of the U.S. It appeared again on radar Sunday near Wisconsin and was tracked across the state into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary.

President Joe Biden on Sunday ordered an “unidentified object” shot down with a missile by U.S. fighter jets Sunday over Lake Huron, and it was believed to ...

U.S. Beijing said the U.S. It crossed into Canadian airspace on Saturday and was over the Yukon, a remote territory, when it was ordered shot down by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. officials immediately blamed China, saying the balloon was equipped to detect and collect intelligence signals and could maneuver itself. A flying object brought down over the remote northern coast of Alaska on Friday was more cylindrical and described as a type of airship. The object shot down Saturday over Canada’s Yukon was described by U.S. Officials were not able to say who launched the objects and were seeking to figure out their origin. It was extraordinary that four objects were shot out of the sky by U.S. officials were still trying to precisely identify the other two objects blown from the sky by F-22 fighter jets over the past two days. The latest object brought down was first detected on Saturday evening over Montana, but it was initially thought to be an anomaly. fighter jets Sunday over Lake Huron, and it was believed to be the same one tracked over Montana and monitored by the government beginning the night before, U.S. Pentagon officials have said they don’t know when the last shootdown of an unknown or unauthorized object over U.S.

An F-16 fighter jet has shot down an object Sunday over Lake Huron waters on the U.S. side of the international border with Canada.

A flying object brought down over the remote northern coast of Alaska on Friday was more cylindrical and described as a type of airship. NORAD said that with the cooperation of the FAA, a temporary flight restriction began at about noon Sunday "to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area." "We’ll know more about what this was in the coming days, but for now, be assured that all parties have been laser-focused on it from the moment it traversed our waters." He also gave the direction specifically to the pilots to watch for mariners below and for other aircraft in the area. “The increasing incidents of unidentified objects, the latest over Lake Huron in Michigan airspace, are disturbing," Dingell said in a statement. Unlike the Chinese surveillance balloon, Pentagon officials refused to categorize the object shot down Sunday over Lake Huron on Sunday as a balloon. VanHerck, the NORAD commander, declined Sunday night to share the shape of the airborne object but said it's much smaller than the Chinese balloon. In light of the Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. "I'm glad the object was neutralized over Lake Huron and I'll continue pressing (DOD) for transparency." Once hit, they said, the object drifted and likely landed in Canadian waters in the lake, where the Coast Guard and others are working to recover it. An F-16 fighter jet shot down an unidentified object Sunday over Lake Huron on the U.S. The object had passed over Wisconsin, Lake Michigan and the Upper Peninsula before it was shot down about 15 nautical miles east of the U.P.

U.S. officials said an "unidentified object" has been shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over Lake Huron, after earlier downings ...

U.S. Beijing said the U.S. Later that evening, NORAD detected a second object, flying at a high altitude over Alaska, U.S. [F-22 jets downed the large white balloon](https://www.fox5dc.com/news/us-might-down-chinese-balloon-atlantic) that had wafted over the U.S. It crossed into Canadian airspace on Saturday near the Yukon, a remote province, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered it shot down. "The bottom line is until a few months ago we didn’t know about these balloons," Schumer, D-N.Y., said of spy program that the administration has linked to the People’s Liberation Army, China's military. briefly closed the airspace over Lake Michigan](https://www.livenowfox.com/news/faa-declares-national-defense-airspace-lake-michigan); on Saturday night, that was done over rural Montana. officials were working quickly to recover debris from all the sites. It was described by U.S. [objects over Alaska and Canada were much smaller in siz](https://www.fox5dc.com/news/us-military-shoots-down-object-flying-alaska-feb-10-2023)e, different in appearance and flew at lower altitudes than the suspected Chinese spy balloon that fell into the Atlantic Ocean after the U.S. Officials were not able to say who launched the objects and were seeking to figure out their origin. [Elissa Slotkin](https://www.fox2detroit.com/tag/people/elissa-slotkin), D-Mich., tweeted that "the object has been downed by pilots from the US Air Force and National Guard."

An "unidentified object” was shot down with a missile by U.S. fighter jets Sunday over Lake Huron, and it was believed to be the same one tracked over ...

U.S. On Sunday, the U.S. The news comes as U.S. [shot down Saturday over the Yukon](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trudeau-ordered-u-s-fighter-jet-to-shoot-down-object-over-northern-canada) was described by U.S. officials said the two more recent objects were much smaller in size, different in appearance and flew at lower altitudes than the suspected Chinese spy balloon that fell into the Atlantic Ocean after the U.S. That large white orb first appeared over the U.S. They said the Alaska and Canada objects were not consistent with the fleet of Officials were not able to say who launched the objects and were seeking to figure out their origin. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., tweeted that “the object has been downed by pilots from the U.S. Air Force and National Guard.” The shootdown was confirmed by four U.S. fighter jets Sunday over Lake Huron, and it was believed to be the same one tracked over Montana and monitored by the government beginning the night before, U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — An “unidentified object” was shot down with a missile by U.S.

The U.S. military shot down what it's calling a "high altitude object" on Sunday over Lake Huron, just hours after airspace was closed over Lake Michigan.

Fighters jets were scrambled on Sunday over Northern Michigan and the airspace was briefly shut down over northern Lake Michigan due to the object. Officials also say they have been paying closer attention to the air space after the alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down over the South Carolina coast last Saturday. "We need to know where are they coming from, who is paying for them, who is being sponsored by them, is there a payload, what is the capability, what is the technology that's in it? Glen VanHerck, the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, said on Sunday night. airspace and was later downed by a U.S. It's the latest in a string of similar sightings and take-downs.

(FOX 2) - Was it a balloon? A drone? Something more nefarious? The military wasn't very specific when describing the UFO shot down by a fighter jet over ...

[four separate objects](https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/us-shoots-down-objects-alaska-canada-balloons) that had been over American airspace in the past eight days. and Canadian security, while Elissa Slotkin said there was much still to understand from the object, and that hopefully questions would be answered after it's in possession of the military. military](https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/unidentified-object-shot-down-over-lake-huron-everything-we-know-about-it) over Lake Huron this weekend, it was not a national security concern. And while the U.S. The military wasn't very specific when describing the UFO shot down by a fighter jet over Lake Huron this weekend. The head of NORAD and U.S.

Authorities from the United States and Canada were working together Monday to recover debris from an unidentified aerial object that was shot down Sunday ...

[shot down at least four aerial objects](https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/2023/02/12/sen-schumer-says-2-downed-objects-believed-to-be-balloons/), starting with a Chinese spy balloon on Feb. The exact location of where the object was shot down was not provided. Gretchen Whitmer only said that the object was “near our airspace.” and Canada were working on a joint operation to recover pieces of the downed object from Lake Huron. Still, NORAD has the authority to shoot down an object of concern, and President Joe Biden Elissa Slotkin said the object near the state’s airspace was not believed to pose an immediate threat.

Hours after Lake Michigan airspace was closed, Wisconsin-based fighter jets shot down a small object flying over Lake Huron. Here's what we know.

Sometime Sunday afternoon, as it was over Lake Huron, the object was shot down by an F-16 fighter jet. Information about the flying object from defense officials has been sparse. The object had been flying at about 20,000 feet over Lake Huron in a path and altitude that raised concerns about it being a hazard to civilian aviation, according to Air Force Brig. Purchase of replacement Large Power Transformers is a must to protect the nation’s electrical grid," he added. warplanes have shot down aircraft over or near the United States, VanHerck said. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters," she said. The object was first detected by radar late Saturday afternoon about 70 miles north of the U.S. Glen VanHerck, the commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary. The flying object was shot down Sunday over Lake Huron After the Lake Michigan airspace was reopened, the FAA and military closed airspace over Lake Huron to the east. What we know about the flying object that was shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday

Military officials shot down an object over Lake Huron, just hours after airspace was closed over Lake Michigan, U.S. officials confirm to ABC News.

In a statement, the Northern Command said there were no new details on what the object was that a U.S. It said the Alaska Command and the Alaska National Guard, along with the FBI and local law enforcement, were conducting search and recovery. 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. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters. The object has been downed by pilots from the US Air Force and National Guard. airspace before it was shot down by U.S. (WXYZ) — Military officials shot down an object over Lake Huron on Sunday, just hours after airspace was closed over Lake Michigan, U.S. airspace over Lake Huron in the State of Michigan. I’m glad to report it has been swiftly, safely, and securely taken down. Our national security and safety is always a top priority. Its path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation. The Pentagon has not disclosed what type of objects were shot down.

Next steps are to recover the wreckage and figure out what the object was, and where it came from.

There's a time to talk, and a time not to talk." Keep a few secrets from the citizens and keep a few secrets from the news media. It reportedly came into the United States over Alaska in January, and then floated across the country over Idaho and then to the Carolinas. "When unknowns come up, we as human beings try to understand it and that's where a lot of conspiracy theories come from," Stamps said Monday. When the time is not ready, I'd say go ahead and keep a few secrets. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton — who said "we must continue to defend our airspace and investigate these incidents" — began wondering whether there might be a connection between the object being shot down, even though we don't know it's Chinese in origin, is related to Ford's plans to build a massive electric vehicle factory with a Chinese partner in Marshall. [Gerald Ford urged Congress to investigate](https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0054/4525586.pdf) a "rash of reported sightings of unidentified flying objects" in Michigan. The government, Kirby added, does not know who owns the three other objects that were shot down. Until we know for sure what was blasted out of the sky Sunday over Lake Huron, expect some theories — a lot of theories. Mark Rodeghier, the scientific director of the Center for UFO Studies in Chicago. In those cases, he said, the aircraft sensors went haywire. "A rumor develops where there is inadequate information about an important topic.

Federal officials also dismissed the idea that the airborne object might have had extraterrestrial or alien origins.

"We don’t know what the intent or capabilities were at this time, but I think that information needs to be gathered and published, publicized to a certain degree. People assumed they were in a safer or more secure spot, and there would be more information about what is flying in and out of American airspace." "There is a lot of frustration and a lot of questions. "Those of us who represent people aren’t getting the information that people are wanting. As a former CIA officer, we'd like to exploit things that we find and so that's the recovery effort that's going on right now." The military has the ability to determine whether an object like this is carrying any type of explosives by its shape and size, and that was ruled out, she added. Melissa Dalton, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and hemispheric affairs, said the radar enhancement "may at least partly explain the increase in objects that we've detected over the past week," leading to the shootdowns of objects in Alaskan waters on Feb. "So there, you want to err on the side of safety here in terms of protecting our national security interests and the impact that these objects could have and unlikely did, at some point in their path, transit over potential military sites of ours or sensitive sites." "So we don't know what this exactly looked like and, again, we're still not sure exactly what the purpose of it was or who owned it. But recovery of the object is also being hampered by "choppy" waters on the lake, according to U.S. President Joe Biden was at the White House when he gave the order to shoot down the object mid- to late morning Sunday, which the military carried out in the afternoon, Kirby said. "I have no reason to believe this is a UFO.