The "We shot down another UFO" thread
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This is getting more than a bit ridiculous.
US military shoots down high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday
The US military shot down another high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon, according to a US official and a congressional source briefed on the matter.
A second US official said the takedown of the unidentified object was “at the direction” of President Joe Biden.
The operation marks the third day in a row that an unidentified object was shot down over North American airspace. An unidentified object was shot down over northern Canada on Saturday. On Friday, an unidentified object was shot down in Alaska airspace by a US F-22.
And last weekend, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was taken down by F-22s off the coast of South Carolina.
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said Sunday that the operation to down the object over Lake Huron was carried out by pilots from the US Air Force and the 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,” she said in a tweet.
Republican Rep. Jack Bergman of Michigan also confirmed the operation Sunday, tweeting, “The US military has decommissioned another ‘object’ over Lake Huron.”
“I appreciate the decisive action by our fighter pilots,” he said.
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US officials release more info on the mystery object that a F-16 shot down over Lake Huron, MI. It was traveling at 20K feet and "presented as an octagonal structure with strings hanging off but no discernible payload." Same object that radars picked up over Montana last night.
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I wonder what would happen if a fighter jet going around mach 2 ran in/through a large weather balloon? Assuming the engines were not impacted, would it slice right through the balloon so fast that the pilot would barely feel it? Or, would it be like hitting a brick wall? They should try it.
