(Morning News) The U.S. military shot down an octagonal object over the Hugh Lake near the Canadian border.This is the fourth air object that has been laid by the United States this month. The North American security forces are highly vigilant on air threats, and US -China relations are becoming more and more tight.
Two anonymous U.S. officials disclosed to Reuters on Sunday (February 12) that the object was shot down on Sunday (February 12), but refused to explain whether it was similar to the large white Chinese balloon that was shot early this month.Essence
A senior US official who is unwilling to disclose a name quotes a senior executive official that the object has an octagonal structure and has no distinguished effective load.No signs show that this object constitutes a military threat or has the ability to monitor.
Senior U.S. officials said that objects were initially discovered over Montana, and the United States closed Lake Huron for this reason.
U.S. officials indicate that objects may interfere with local air traffic, so the US military sent a F-22 fighter to shoot it down at 20,000 feet (about 6100 meters) at a high altitude at a high altitude.
Elissa Slotkin, a member of Michigan, said the task was performed by the US Air Force and the National Guard. She wrote on Twitter: "All personnel are doing well."The lake is one of the five major lakes in North America and is between Michigan and Ontario, Canada.
At the same time, Canadian investigators are looking for a wreckage of unknown flying objects laid by a US F-22 fighter in the Nukong area in the north.
The Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said that flight objects were dangerous to civil aircraft. "Maintaining citizens' safety is our priority task. This is why I decided to shoot down that unknown object."
The suspected Chinese spy balloon was hit by the waters near the coast of the South Carolina; on February 10, The second flying object The ice over the sea ice near Deadhmerse was shot down; on February 11, Third Flying was beaten in the Yukong area in Canada, and investigators are still looking for the wreckage of flight objects.