The US military has shot down a new “object” at altitude, this time over Lake Huron, two elected officials announced this Sunday, February 12, the latest in mysterious flying objects that have placed the authorities of the United States and the Canada on high alert.
This is the third ” object to be slaughtered in three days by the Americans in their country and in Canada, and the fourth in less than ten days, counting the chinese ball described by Washington as a spy device and which was targeted by a missile on February 4 after flying over part of the United States.
The new object was shot down by US Air Force and National Guard pilots tweeted Michigan Democrat Elissa Slotkin. ” As a precaution and on the recommendation of the military command, President Biden ordered that the unidentified object be shot down an administration official later added. ” We assessed it was not a military threat to anything on the ground “, he added.
The object has been downed by pilots from the US Air Force and National Guard. Great work by all who carried out this mission both in the air and back at headquarters. We’re all interested in exactly what this object was and it’s purpose. 1/ https://t.co/LsjwtjntCv
— Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) February 12, 2023
Growing questions
” The American People Deserve Many More Answers Than We Have “, added Jack Bergman on Twitter, reflecting the growing questions in the country and the political class on these events.
For elected Republicans, this series of events simply represents a ” act of war from China, reports our correspondent in Houston, Thomas Harms. ” When I see the sites that have been flown over, it is a clear provocation to obtain data on our three nuclear sites in this country. They look at our capabilities in the event of a possible conflict with Taiwan “, reacted to American television, Michael McCaul, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives.
The United States believes that the first officially detected object, a balloon, was controlled by the Chinese military and was part of a fleet sent by Beijing over more than 40 countries on five continentsfor espionage purposes.
“ Flagrant lie »
For the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, the Chinese pass for amateurs. ” I think the Chinese were humiliated. They were caught in the act of lying. It’s a real regression for them “, launched on ABC Chuck Schumer. The Chinese government assures that it was a civilian aircraft used for research purposes, mainly meteorological.
Two other flying objects were then shot down by American forces, one, Friday February 10, above Alaska, the other, Saturday February 11, in Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was expected in the evening in the province of Yukon, at the scene where the last was shot.
In a sign that authorities are on high alert, the airspace above part of Lake Michigan in the northern United States was temporarily closed on Sunday for reasons related to the ” National Defense “, according to the regulator of the American civil aviation (FAA).
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(And with AFP)