U. S. Jets Down An Unidentified Object, Making It The Fourth Of Such In 8 Days.
● Unidentified object shot down over Lake Huron. ● The pentagon officials are ruling out nothing… not even UFOs. ● Beijing said the U.S. had “overreacted”.
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 (U. S. Navy via AP)
Preceding Canada and Alaska shoot down last week, orders from president Biden led a U. S. fighter jet to shoot down another "unidentified object" over Lake Huron on Sunday.
This was the fourth of such in 8 days. The head of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Gen. Glen VanHerck said in a briefing with reporters that part of the reason for the repeated shoot down is a “heightened alert” following a spy balloon from China that emerged over U.S. airspace in late January.
China's Foreign Ministry in response said the unmanned balloon was a civilian meteorological airship that had blown off course. Beijing said the U.S. had “overreacted” by shooting it down.
Pentagon officials said they posed no security threats, but so little was known about them that Pentagon officials were ruling nothing out — not even UFOs.
The cases have increased diplomatic tensions between the United States and China, raised questions about the extent of Beijing’s American surveillance, and prompted days of criticism from Republican lawmakers about the administration’s response.
