He army of USA shot down a new unidentified flying object this Sundaythis time while flying over Lake Huron, in the north of the country, according to Congressman Jack Bergman and government sources confirmed to CNN and ABC.
It is about of the third “object” neutralized in the last three days in North America, after the one shot down on Friday over Alaska and on Saturday in Canada.
Bergman, through Twitter, said that he had been in contact with the Department of Defense about this operation in the Great Lakes area, which became known after a temporary closure of airspace over Lake Michigan.
The Republican congressman, who represents the state of Michigan, thanked the “resolute action” of the American fighter pilots, but stressed that the population “deserves many more answers” of those that have so far on these episodes.
Also via Twitter, Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin said shortly after that US Air Force and National Guard pilots had shot down an object they had been tracking over Lake Huron.
For now No details are known about this object and there is not much information about it either. about the last two that were shot down, while work is being done to recover their remains, although Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that both are believed to be balloons, albeit smaller than the alleged Chinese spy balloon intercepted last week. pass.
The senator, who was informed about these objects by the White House National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, stated that the artifacts flew at 12,000 meters of altitude, posing a “danger” to commercial aviation.
Schumer stressed that until a few months ago the United States did not know anything about these balloons, and assured that the Army and US intelligence are focused on collecting all the necessary information.
The detection and demolition of these flying objects occurs amid the diplomatic crisis between Washington y beijing after last week the United States shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon that flew over much of its territory.
The Government of Joe Biden has accused China of having developed, with the involvement of the Armed Forces, a balloon “program” for espionage work and that they have already flown over more than 40 countries on 5 continents.
China defends that the balloon that brought down the United States it was a meteorological device that “deviated from its original course” due to “force majeure.”