The US Army shoots down a new flying object over Lake Huron

United States Army shot down a new unidentified flying object this Sunday, this time while flew over Lake Huron, in the north of the countryaccording to what Congressman Jack Bergman has advanced and government sources confirmed to CNN and ABC.

It is the third “object” neutralized in the last three days in North Americaafter the shot down Friday over Alaska and the on Saturday in Canada.

Bergman, via Twitter, has said that he had been in contact with the Defense Departmenta about this operation in the area of ​​the Great Lakes, near the Canadian borderwhich 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 US fighter pilots, but stressed that the population “deserves many more answers” than have been received so far about these episodes.

Also through Twitter, the Democratic congresswoman for Michigan Elissa Slotkin said shortly after that pilots of the US Air Force and the National Guard they 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 the last two that were demolished, while work is being done to recover their remains, although Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that both are believed to be balloons.although smaller than the alleged Chinese spy balloon intercepted last week.

The senator, who was informed about these objects by the White House National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, He stated that the devices were flying at an altitude of 12,000 meters, posing a “danger” to commercial aviation. Schumer stressed that until a few months ago the United States did not know anything about these balloonsand assured that the US Army and intelligence are focused on gathering all the necessary information.

The detection and demolition of these flying objects occurs amid the diplomatic crisis between Washington and Beijing after last week the United States shot down a supposed Chinese spy balloon that flew over a good part of its territory.

The Government of Joe Biden has accused China of having developed, with the involvement of the Armed Forces, a “program” of balloons 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.