Analysis: The Biden administration is facing questions from lawmakers in both parties about the U.S. military shooting several objects out of the sky over the weekend.
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The Biden administration is facing questions from lawmakers in both parties about the U.S. military shooting several objects out of the sky over the weekend.It’s not every weekend that military jets are scrambled to shoot down some kind of flying object. The maneuvers followed the downing of an apparent Chinese surveillance balloon on Feb. 4 off the South Carolina coast, but the origin of the recent downed aerial objects has not been determined.
First the facts: Three more unknown aerial objects were shot down by the U.S. military over the weekend. The latest one, over Lake Huron, “was flying over Michigan’s upper peninsula at about 20,000 feet — an altitude and path that raised concerns about potential interference with commercial aviation,” our colleaguesThe object was described as an “octagonal structure” with nothing visible aboard or attached such as sensors or cameras. It was shot down by an F-16 at 2:42 p.m. Sunday.
“We have no indication that it has surveillance capabilities, but nor can we rule that out,” a senior Biden administration official said. “We will work to recover it to learn more.” The Minnesota National Guard F-16s and pilots, flying out of the Wisconsin National Guard’s Truax Airfield, used AIM9 Sidewinder missiles to shoot down the object, according to a Democratic aide toTwo objects were also shot down Friday, one near the North Slope of Alaska and another over Canada’s Yukon territory.The new incidents happened over the weekend with Congress scattered, so there have been no formal briefings by the administration for lawmakers since object Nos.
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