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Yet another object was shot down over Lake Huron yesterday.
This one was at 20,000 feet and described as 'octagonal'.
The Drive (linked above) has been a good source aggregator for the various reports & statements being released so far (Tyler Rogoway has long has an interest in the UAP phenomenom with his standpoint being they're mostly drones).
Given that these objects all seem to be of different sizes/shape, I'm wondering if they are all completely unrelated to one another other than being unknown lighter than air vehicles that are near or in US/Canadian air space.
It has a bit of the same feel as mass hysteria UFO events in the past where suddenly more and more people are actually looking up at the sky and seeing things they don't recognize...which later turn out to be aircraft, celestial objects, lights from far off buildings etc.
This one was at 20,000 feet and described as 'octagonal'.
External Quote:UPDATE: 5:22 P.M. EST—
Representative Bergman tells Fox News that the object was 'octagonal' and was shot down by F-16s using an AIM-9 missile at around 20,000 feet.
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UPDATE: 5:53 P.M. EST—
More info coming out now that the octagonal object had strings hanging from it but no payload on them as reported by CNN
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The full statement from the DoD, this seems to have been the same object picked up on radar over Montana but that F-15s couldn't find on arrival:
"Today at 2:42 p.m., at the direction of President Biden, and based on the recommendations of Secretary Austin and military leadership, an F-16 fired an AIM9x to successfully shoot down an airborne object flying at approximately 20,000 feet altitude in U.S. airspace over Lake Huron in the State of Michigan. Its path and altitude raised concerns, including that it could be a hazard to civil aviation. 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. There are no indications of any civilians hurt or otherwise affected. North American Aerospace Defense Command detected the object Sunday morning and has maintained visual and radar tracking of it. Based on its flight path and data we can reasonably connect this object to the radar signal picked up over Montana, which flew in proximity to sensitive DOD sites. 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. Our team will now work to recover the object in an effort to learn more."
The Drive (linked above) has been a good source aggregator for the various reports & statements being released so far (Tyler Rogoway has long has an interest in the UAP phenomenom with his standpoint being they're mostly drones).
Given that these objects all seem to be of different sizes/shape, I'm wondering if they are all completely unrelated to one another other than being unknown lighter than air vehicles that are near or in US/Canadian air space.
It has a bit of the same feel as mass hysteria UFO events in the past where suddenly more and more people are actually looking up at the sky and seeing things they don't recognize...which later turn out to be aircraft, celestial objects, lights from far off buildings etc.