US military shoots down UFO over Lake Huron after FAA closed airspace in Northern Michigan for national defense purposes
THE United States military has shot down a mysterious object flying in American airspace.
It's the third object brought down by fighter jets in the past week.
The "high-altitude object" was shot down over Lake Huron near Michigan on Sunday.
An F-16 down the octagonal-shaped object at 20,000ft, a government official and a congressional source confirmed to .
They claimed the object was at a height that could have been dangerous for commercial aircraft.
Footage shared online showed what appears to be the object spinning before it was destroyed.
Michigan Representative Jack Bergman of the Republican Party also confirmed the situation in a on Twitter.
"The U.S. military has decommissioned another ‘object’ over Lake Huron,” Bergman wrote.
"I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots."
U.S. officials had reportedly been tracking the object since Saturday and had the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) close the airspace over Montana and Lake Michigan for the weekend.
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It was first detected by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM) over Montana on Saturday, per .
Military aircraft were then sent to investigate, a senior administration official told the news channel.
The planes reportedly did not identify the object at the time, which led NORAD and NORTHCOM to believe it was a radar anomaly until it was shot down Sunday.
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This is the third aerial object the United States has shot down over the country since the beginning of the month and the fourth shot down over the continent of North America.
The military previously took out a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on February 4.
Then, on Friday, a United States fighter jet shot down an unidentified object flying 40,000ft over Alaska after Pentagon officials claimed it ";posed a reasonable threat."
A Sidewinder missile was reportedly used to shoot it down after it entered Alaskan airspace.
With its remains scattered across the frozen sea, the Alaskan National Guard and United States troops are still searching for the object.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also confirmed that an object flying over the Yukon territory in Canada was shot down by another U.S. fighter jet on Saturday.
An F-22 shot down the object using an AIM 9X missile, the Department of Defense said.
"Recovery teams are on the ground, looking to find and analyze the object," Trudeau said on Sunday.
"There's still much to know about it. That's why the analysis of this object is going to be very important."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently told that the analysis from American national security officials led them to believe that the previous three objects shot down were balloons.
It's unconfirmed whether the fourth object shot down on Sunday was also a balloon.
Schumer also said there is an increased urgency for Congress to find out what is happening with what appears to be a previously unknown surveillance program by the Chinese, based on the first balloon shot down on February 4.
Some government officials believe these objects were part of a balloon program that had existed during President Donald Trump's administration, which went unknown until a few months ago.
"I think our military, our intelligence is doing a great job, present and future, I feel a lot of confidence in what they are doing," Schumer said.
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"But why as far back as the Trump administration did no one know about this?"
Officials reportedly still have yet to determine who launched all four objects and for what purpose.
