We assessed that it was no threat, physical threat, military threat. "We monitored the track of interest as it passed over Lake Michigan. "It's likely, but we have not confirmed, that the track that we saw in Wisconsin was likely the same track in Montana," VanHerck said. He scrambled F-15 fighters and a KC-135 tanker to go investigate, and the object crossed into US airspace a few hours later, he said. He told reporters that the object shot down Sunday was first spotted around 4:45 ET on Saturday afternoon. Military officials believe the object shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday is likely the same object that was spotted over Montana on Saturday, said VanHerck. It was about to go over Lake Huron when it was neutralized. It was shot down by US F-16 fighter jets on Sunday and was flying at 20,000 feet over Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The object was shaped like an octagon with strings hanging off it and did not appear to be carrying anything. ET, at the direction of President Biden, and based on the recommendations of Secretary Austin and military leadership, an F-16 fired an AIM9x to successfully shoot down an airborne object flying at approximately 20,000 feet altitude in US airspace over Lake Huron in the State of Michigan," read North American Aerospace Defense Command statement. Meanwhile, an unidentified object was shot down over the Great Lakes region Sunday at the direction of President Joe Biden.
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