WASHINGTON (AP) — An “unidentified object” was shot down Sunday for the third time in as many days, this time over Lake Huron, after earlier ones in Alaska and Canada, U.S. officials said.
Rep. 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 two U.S. officials who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
U.S. and Canadian authorities had restricted some airspace over the lake earlier Sunday as planes were scrambled to intercept and try to identify the object.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick on object shot down above Lake Huron:
"It's just further aggression from the most aggressive Chinese dictator in our lifetime." pic.twitter.com/fzdUt2qY8j
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 12, 2023
